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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a good reason to promote continued remote work. Cities need to pivot to housing not office space. [/quote]

This is the answer, right here. [/quote]

I feel seen.  But no one who matters is listening.  Heads completely in the sand, pandering to mayors who want that revenue back.  Mayors should tax commuters to make up for shortfalls, and provide things that make cities nice to live in.   We should NOT be pushing people to go back to our previous carbon heavy foot prints.

Sigh.[/quote]

We could not regress, PPs, even if we wanted to. There is strong popular support for renewables, particularly in the light of immense wildfires, intense tornadoes, relentless flooding, and all manifestations of climate change. However we are still in its infancy and very far away from separating ourselves from our more polluting energy dependency.

We need to respond IMMEDIATELY to the current oil prices. We have no choice. The USA just declared they would ban Russian imports, including oil and gas. In doing so, it places greater pressure on Europe to find alternatives solutions to its intractable energy problem, and places us that much closer to choking the Russian economic machine. To stabilize and reassure fickle markets, we also need to announce more domestic production. Please don't see this as a step backward. The entire world is on its way renewables. This is a complement. It will last while it can. 
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There are no such thing as “renewables”.  Solar and wind power require the mining of silicon and rare earth minerals for photovoltaic cells and windmill batteries.  Nuclear power requires the mining of uranium.   Electric vehicles require the mining of lithium for batteries.  Biomass fuels require massive amounts of land and soil.   Every energy-producing raw material on the face of this miserable planet is FINITE.  Sooner or later, it will all run out.[/quote]

The minerals used in solar etc can be reused. Oil just burns. And warms our climate.[/quote]

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