Amid the rubble of Hurricane Ida and in the smoky shadow of the vast Western fires, we’re embarked on a desperate gamble.
Great closer! After comparing between the situation during Carter's presidency and the situation regarding climate change at this moment, the newfound urgency is glaring. We are already amidst the point where it's reached a crisis, and these two events are examples of it.
, put forward a goal for producing twenty per cent of the country’s energy from renewable resources by the year 2000
It's interesting to see a president acknowledge the need for renewable energy at that time, as I tend to assume that the conversation regarding climate change has only begun recently. It's quite disappointing and a little concerning that he didn't follow through on his goals though. With the dates that we will be "past the point of reversing climate change" constantly changing, it feels like we are never making progress fast enough. I fear that just as Carter's goals were prophetic, the ones we are setting in this age will be as well, but I'm also optimistic that the more outlined goals such as the Biden Administration's plan cited earlier in the piece will have more success.
so increasing its scale from less than four per cent, which it is at present, to forty-five per cent should make what is already the cheapest energy on Earth far cheaper still.
Wow, this allowed me to expand my perspective on the economical side of climate change. I feel like the traditional narrative surrounding green energy is that it will help the environment but it is always going to be an expensive alternative, and this really defeats that. I feel like if more people were more aware about this would have more faith in the future of solar power.