We can do something, but we never won't do anything as drastic you mention. I think a lot will be done. Yet I haven't ever been a great fan of the idea "We are on the verge of everything collapsing to a Mad Max future", the "After us, the deluge"-future. Besides, Peak Conventional Oil has been already hit in 2005.For the accord to be as successful as it can be right now, several things need to happen. — Bitter Crank
Finally, I heard that the US, for one, needs approval from the senate, which is highly unlikely so close to a major election. — swstephe
We can do something, but we never won't do anything as drastic you mention. I think a lot will be done. Yet I haven't ever been a great fan of the idea "We are on the verge of everything collapsing to a Mad Max future", the "After us, the deluge"-future. Besides, Peak Conventional Oil has been already hit in 2005. — ssu
What really will solve this is when renewable energy is simply cheaper than energy generated by fossill fuels. Just legislation and carbon taxes aren't the answer.The plan here is to replace fossil-fueled electricity, not to reduce energy use, per se. — Bitter Crank
Yet technological advances do play an important role.In general, I'm skeptical about technological solutions -- since it is subtly implied that technology is the cause. There are things that get people's excitement up, for valid reasons, but you always end up sacrificing something else. We end up in a kind of ecological/energy debt crisis and will always end up with some kind of austerity measures to pay off our debts. — swstephe
What do Saudi Arabia and several other countries in the Middle East have besides oil? — Bitter Crank
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