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"the best time to regulate oil was 50 years ago. The second best time is now"

I agree it'll take time to adapt, and there will be lots of clinging to old behaviours. But if we don't start soon, it'll just take longer.



Definitely in agreement, also a big proponent of gradually increasing taxes to incentivize certain spending to speed up that process. They're not popular but very effective.

The good news is a lot of the positive change is already in progress. Bad news is the national goals for many countries are all still minimum 25 years away with people desperately clinging onto the hope that some magical technological breakthrough will happen that ensures we don't have to sacrifice anything currently.




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