The required reduction is 99.9% of greenhouse emissions for the next millennium. No institution has ever had that power, few have lasted that long, and even those few which have lasted that long underwent significant policy changes in that time. If we can’t make saving the planet cheap enough that even the greedy and selfish prefer to do that, then we can’t win at all.
But half-arsing it now gives us more tomorrows in which to create the better solution.
Maximally 10 extra years and waste of a lot of labor and money that could be put into building and developing nuclear power plants and more renewables.
It would take mere months to open back up those plants recently closed. Back in the 70s they could construct plants in 2-5 years. Chernobyl 1 began and completed construction in the same year!
Has our technology gotten worse since then? Or is it just permits and bureaucracy impeding us?
The required reduction is 99.9% of greenhouse emissions for the next millennium. No institution has ever had that power, few have lasted that long, and even those few which have lasted that long underwent significant policy changes in that time. If we can’t make saving the planet cheap enough that even the greedy and selfish prefer to do that, then we can’t win at all.
But half-arsing it now gives us more tomorrows in which to create the better solution.