[Maxion]

I don't think the average (or even a minority of HN readers) realize how much they'd have to give up if we'd stop.

[pjc50]

Hard stop is practically impossible, but a transition is something people have been talking about for years, and is finally starting to happen as the fraction of new cars sold that are EVs rises.

[DoneWithAllThat]

And that it would degrade our ability to defend ourselves to the point that someone else would come here and take it.

[andyjohnson0]

The difficult question is how much will we have to give up if we don't?

[Maxion]

I think the more salient question is WHO will have to give WHAT up if we don't stop?

I assume most HN readers work in IT with decent salaries, putting us in the 90th+ percentile globally. We'll still be drinking wine in our off-grid A/C'd homes when the rest of the world suffers.

[Infernal]

The more difficult question is who gets to decide.

[pjc50]

Even if no identifiable person gets to decide, the climate may force a whole series of individual decisions. Or a wildfire decides for you.