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Originally Posted by Tejas1836
Communism limits consumption. I don't think most rational people with a knowledge of history want that.
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And yet western democracies seem to be sliding into socialism which inevitably leads to communism. It's nice to dream and say it will happen, and it might but not within the timelines being mandated, it just isn't possible to get there, and it certainly won't be using wind and solar. Those experiments have been tried and are underway and aren't reliable enough to produce a fraction of the power we use now, never mind the doubling of capacity we will need to achieve net zero. Nuclear is the only real option to get us there quickly and to double the capacity using nuclear given environmental studies, design, government red tape and construction we are likely 30 years away. Not to mention the cost, most governments are carrying staggering debt and deficits right now, the interest to service these debts alone is crippling economies. Where is the extra money going to come from?
Nobody is saying that none of this can happen, but common sense dictates it can't happen by 2035, not likely by 2050 frankly.