Notices by RickG (rgod8855@mas.to)

@HistoPol I don't see any workable scenario. Fossil fuel elimination isn't practical unless removing all steel, concrete, and glass manufacturing is practical because there are no green energy solutions for those products. There are 1.5 billion fossil cars in the world - can we realistically stop them all quickly?

@HistoPol So, it's a pipe dream. We will need to figure out how to live with climate change. Eventually, mother earth will stop us and move on without us.

@HistoPol I should say I'm very pro de-fossilization to the fullest extent possible for a variety of reasons (pollution and health concerns, reliability of ICE machines, over drilling, etc.), just that the climate change argument for doing so is oversold. Between population growth and expansion due to underdeveloped countries to become fully developed, there is no going back and even slowing down carbon footprints is unlikely.

@HistoPol Sorry, ICE is internal combustion engines. As an engineer, I see the heat, sound, and pollution generated by ICE's as wasteful. Electrification is a much more efficient way to convert energy into mechanical work. I agree the only thing we can do is slow down the projected climate change. Not sure by how much.