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by TulliusCicero 1708 days ago
This sounds baselessly alarmist. Like yeah, we'll have to learn to live with less fossil fuels at some point, but it's not like a pandemic; there'll be years and years where we'll be able to collectively adapt. And since fossil fuel usage is already trending downward in the developed world (1), as green technologies become more efficient, it may well end up a rather gentle transition.

1 - for example, in the US: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/images/2021.07.06/chart2.s...

This looks like the new normal is that fossil fuel usage drops in a recession, then stabilizes after.