Disruption to shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has led to a spike in oil and natural gas prices, which could spur countries to boost the roll-out of renewable energy and electric vehicles

The importance of studying collapse is so that we can divert some of catastrophe into a transformative potential if we are prepared and retain our clarity of thinking during the period of upheaval.

People who cling to the status quo out of fear usually can not differentiate this from being an accelerationist even though the position is not actually similar upon closer inspection, it proceeds from a basis of a desire to be careful not cavalier and a knowledge that we must change no matter what so beginning now is best.

    • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      If you had bothered to read past that sentence, you would have noticed this:

      That said, renewable energy will almost certainly still be the cheaper option. Plus, renewable energy is just much more efficient. An electric car charged from renewable electricity is going to lose significantly less energy to waste than an ICE car running on gas.