| late reply .. here in Australia, party politics means a tiny minority of coal/gas enthusiast incumbents get sway over the general populations desires [ admittedly many of whom are apathetic, but not a majority I think ] This works both ways - if we can replace a few climate skeptics with climate action independent candidates then that might move the needle on government intransigence. Strangely, the uptake of solar panels has been great down-under .. yet the uptake of electric vehicles has been appalling, with state governments even imposing a road tax on sales. The real problem here is the government _subsidizes_ coal and gas, and we are even approving new gas fields for exploitation. It is hard to maintain empathy and hope and still be a realist .. but I hope you will stay motivated and take what action you can. We may be able to use tech in creative ways to circumvent government inaction - For example : instead of waiting for the government to roll out a carbon price or carbon tax .. everyday people may invest in a green-energy crypto token asset which is used to raise funds for clean energy projects ? side note : Ive been actively DIS-couraging smart people in Australia to talk about nuclear, here - the problem here is it would take 15 years to even do the paperwork, and we have shown very little competence in rolling out high tech engineering projects [ NBN broadband failure as one example, submarines another ] .. so I think unless you have nuclear in place or in development already, there just isn't time. Meanwhile we could and should be building as many solar plants as possible, in parallel, essentially without such major regulation needed. Dont let the bastards wear you down, keep doing all the things .. every ton of carbon we keep in the ground is a win that buys our kids time - so thankyou. |