Quote (OldAndyAndTheSea @ Apr 4 2017 10:57am)
Definitely. Especially since cars aren't even close to being the greatest contributors of harmful emissions. But I suppose that isn't reason enough to not attempt to be as clean as we can.
I think of emissions/global warming/climate change like I do composites - we don't have to save 1 pound all in one place. You just need to save 1 oz in 16 places.
The best argument I have ever heard for pushing towards sustainable, renewable, energies was simply this: Commodity vs. Technology
Oil, gas, and fossil fuels are commodities. The longer we use them, the deeper we drill, the more difficult they are to procure - and subsequently the more expensive they become.
Solar, wind, hydro and other renewable energies are a technology: the longer we use and develop these systems....the CHEAPER they become.
The current issue with those systems, is retrofitting them to an antiquated grid system. But that's a topic for another discussion.
*steps down from hippie liberal soapbox*
By that logic technology would just make procurement of fossils fuels easier to obtain, or in the very least offset the increasing difficulties from our continual harvesting of them.