Made in America: how Biden's climate package is fuelling the global drive to net zero
Made in America: how Biden's climate package is fuelling the global drive to net zero
The Biden Administration’s signature climate legislation is unleashing a wave of clean energy investment, along with some opportunities and risks for countries like Australia.
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with millions of acres of new oil drilling
That's a balance of politics. Better to be self-sufficient than to depend on other countries for oil. We are still going to be using oil for a while until we create a whole new national infrastructure for electric vehicles and phase out most gas engines.
Yeah we're gonna continue heating up the planet for a while too.
Sure, but there isn't an alternative. Currently only 4% of US car owners drive an electric car and only 20% of the energy we produce is renewable. Even if we transition as fast as humanly possible, it would take decades.
Other countries seem to be doin a much faster job than us. This dont have shit to do with capabilities.
They started earlier. We can't go back in time. We can only start now.
Millions of acres of new oil drilling is nothing but continuin to put off starting
It is not to increase consumption. The only difference is the oil used in the US will come from the US, not Saudi Arabia, Russia, etc.
I said continuing to heat the planet and putting off starting to address our emissions, you telling me this doesnt change anything is exactly the problem, it needs to be changed.
I agree it needs to be changed, but how?
How do the millions of people who depend on gas cars get to work tomorrow? How do the millions of people with gas stoves heat their dinner tonight? How do the millions of people with gas furnaces stay warm this winter?
We can't just stop using fossil fuels without replacements. How do you change any of this faster than we already are?
Simplest answer, by wanting to change. Americans dont want to. If they did, we'd be building public transit, bike infrastructure, more renewable energy. Existing fossil fuel applications are one thing, but we're continuing to build new ones. New gas ranges, new gas vehicles, new gas heaters.
Im especially frustrated in rural Mississippi. I really wanna do some solar work, but there's no solar businesses for hundreds of miles. Big ass trucks and SUV's everywhere
Right. But it doesn't look like a sudden cut-over; it'll look like oil use dropping something like 5% each year if we require every new vehicle to be an EV.
How soon would the supply chains and manufacturing capacity be ready for every vehicle sold in the US to be an ev?
Something like 3-5 years if it was mandated and people living ordinary lives lived with mid-sized cars instead of pickup trucks with less ability to spot a kid in front of them than a tank.
Given trends so far you'll forgive me if I think even 5 years is way too optimistic.