"But the risk is now out there – and growing – because policymakers have
now woken up to the risks of climate change. “There have been two
terrible realisations,” says Michael Jacobs, who used to advise Gordon
Brown on the issue. “We have started too late, and it doesn’t matter how
much solar and wind power there is – you are still burning all the
coal, oil and gas. Even if you do so more slowly, it will still go into
the atmosphere and cause climate change.” Jacobs adds that, in the past
quarter of a century, when countries could have been putting in place
the infrastructure for a new green economy, they have been going in the
opposite direction. They have invested in fossil fuel-burning power
plants and built energy‑inefficient buildings in cities designed for
cars."
This is a sample paragraph from a long and compelling article in the Guardian entitled: Can the world economy survive without fossil fuels? Compelling as it is however, and as responsible as the Guardian has become... and not before time on climate change - there are many more radical thoughts in need of thinking and actions in need of doing.
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