Your plan doesn't mention any attempts at near-term partnership or development of the oil and gas industry. Alternative energy supplies would likely take decades to develop and implement, especially if the goal is to create a new standard energy source. Oil and gas has been the primary supplier of energy to the world for decades, and has undeniably demonstrated an ability to become cleaner over the course of that period. Take cars as an example - total car emissions have dropped significantly over the past few decades, even as the number of drivers on the road have increased. Given this, why not try to work with oil and gas companies, rather than against them, in order to make the existing energy market cleaner? If you pull the right levers (not claiming to know which those would be), I have to imagine there is much more progress to be made in that area.
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Your plan doesn't mention any attempts at near-term partnership or development of the oil and gas industry. Alternative energy supplies would likely take decades to develop and implement, especially if the goal is to create a new standard energy source. Oil and gas has been the primary supplier of energy to the world for decades, and has undeniably demonstrated an ability to become cleaner over the course of that period. Take cars as an example - total car emissions have dropped significantly over the past few decades, even as the number of drivers on the road have increased. Given this, why not try to work with oil and gas companies, rather than against them, in order to make the existing energy market cleaner? If you pull the right levers (not claiming to know which those would be), I have to imagine there is much more progress to be made in that area.
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