[fulafel]

1925 of course would have been a great time to put limits on fossil fuel use in aviation along with the rest of the fossil fuel applications to manage the biggest current threat to human civilization. (Arrhenius did the science showing global warming in 1896 or so)

[spacebanana7]

Given the dual use of fossil fuels between military and civilian purposes, I wonder whether any state that deliberately handicapped car/aero/petrochemicals would’ve been able to survive the early twentieth century.

Both the USA and Nazi Germany benefited massively from have a civilian industrial base that was complementary to military production.

[fulafel]

Of course you could also argue that Germany wouldn't have had the early successes in war, (if they had even started it). Or at a third juncture, would have fared worse against USSR.

[oceanplexian]

There's a book called Freedom's Forge that I'm a fan of, it makes the argument that the Auto Industry (And assembly lines, mechanization in general) were the single most important reason the Allies won WWII. In fact all the big auto manufacturers of the time retooled their assembly lines to build tanks and airplanes. It's conceivable that if we never mass produced cars, the US wouldn't have had the capability to win the war.

[echelon]

Miami is still above water.

Would you shut down the powerhouse of our economy -- travel, transportation, energy -- for something hypothetical that hasn't even happened and doesn't appear to be close to happening?

I'm pro-clean energy, but you can't do without fossil fuels. Not if you want society to keep climbing up and up and up.

[lern_too_spel]

Before you jump to policy making, you should get the implications right.

"The current rate of sea level rise at Pensacola Bay has accelerated rapidly since 2010."

"The difference in sea level rise over the last 100 years has been approximately 10 inches—but in the next 75-100 years, the increase in sea level rise could be close to 48 inches." https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/escambiaco/2023/04/12/weekly-what...

[CamperBob2]

That sounds like a great way to lose an upcoming world war to some people who DGAF about pollution, climate, or other people in general.