c2105026
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We generally move towards greater technology. Coal power is so 19th century. We are seeing growth in installation, and indeed in the renewable power sector there are more people employed well-to-wheel than in the fossil power sector (saw this somewhere, will have a dig about for statistic).
In essence...we need to change the way we do things. With 7 billion on this rock, even discounting global warming/climate change, Earth is under stress. Deforestation, depleted fish supplies, salinity, dwindling oil supplies in the future, how will we get to the projected 9-10 billion without calamity? Just hope the problem goes away?? We can either pay for a little bit now and have a smooth economic transition or we could put it off until its essentially life or death and there may not be a transition.
In essence...we need to change the way we do things. With 7 billion on this rock, even discounting global warming/climate change, Earth is under stress. Deforestation, depleted fish supplies, salinity, dwindling oil supplies in the future, how will we get to the projected 9-10 billion without calamity? Just hope the problem goes away?? We can either pay for a little bit now and have a smooth economic transition or we could put it off until its essentially life or death and there may not be a transition.