Thread by @SteB777

There is a widespread false belief, that creating more renewable energy, and having more electric vehicles is taking climate action.

Unless it is part of a coordinated strategy, to phase out fossil fuels, it is not addressing the climate crisis at all.
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https://twitter.com/SteB777/status/1958835448698069229

In the last 10-20 years, there's been a huge increase in renewable energy, and a huge rise in EVs. Yet emissions are rising, because more fossil fuels than ever are being burned. Energy demand for things like AI and global economy growth, is increasing.
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There seems to have been this naive belief, that if we just create more renewable energy, and put most EVs on the road, this will result in a switch from fossil fuels, and emissions will be greatly reduced. I don't believe those pushing this, actually believe it themselves.
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All the increase in renewable energy and EVs is doing, is allowing well off Westerners to kid themselves, that they're doing something to address the climate crisis, when they're not. As I say, only the phasing out of fossil fuels will make a difference.
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There is, for all intents and purposes, an infinite potential demand for energy, and the use of natural resources, as such a small proportion of the global population, engages in conspicuous and extravagant consumption.

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https://x.com/SteB777/status/1958866668488200289

The only thing that'll substantially reduce emissions is the phasing out of fossil fuels. Likewise, the only thing that'll halt further biodiversity loss and ecological damage is to stop the destruction of more natural habitat, to stop pollution etc.

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https://x.com/SteB777/status/1958836084604825661

This is so obvious, that any politician, economist or industrialist, that claims not to understand this, is just being dishonest. They just want to carry on with business as usual, and pretend to be addressing the problem.
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You can't address the climate and ecological crisis, with lies and greenwash.

Yet these false claims and greenwash, are not being challenged. A lot of people, who supposedly want to address the climate crisis, act as if this greenwash is a real solution.
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