and the fate of the world was not in the balance!

Our lives and our institutions will be profoundly changed.

It would surely be better if these changes were made by us rather than done to us.

So let’s start think big about how to truly combat climate change

Climate change isn't even an objective problem.

One of the things that got us into this is that we would rather make the changes ourselves. It's a human thing. We probably can't even not do that. We do that subjectively though, not being able to take every variable into account. So as we make changes, other things change too. Then we have to make more changes to fix the changes from our previous changes.

There is no beginning or end. There won't be a "hooray, we beat climate change!" moment. We think there's an answer out there somewhere, the same way that we think the year 2016 exists. We think we're going to the top right of the graph in a diagonal fashion, or that even going to the top right of the graph is a good thing, or that we can even measure existence on a graph.

boy that's progressive and visionary.

PiP's with their 11 mile AEV are tricky to get most of their mileage from solar unless it's a very short trip only vehicle, especially if you run AC in that famously steamy and traffic-choked area.

Great choice!1

I think you are missing the whole point .....

He's saying just his little part is helping
Your AC could use backup solar or wind but hey

Frack the hell out of our public lands.

yes with solar too. The point of this guy (not sure if article writer or OP) is trying to greenwash a cynical marketing ploy that was expressly designed as a way to get CA HOV stickers with the lowest possible battery range. Toyota hates EVs with a passion, driven no doubt by the billions they have wasted betting on hydrogen propulsion that will rely on six-figure fuelling stations which are useless until the cars (which are in turn useless without those mega $$ fuelling stations) sell in huge numbers, and jumped on this silliness to cock a snoot at them. Surely every little helps, in much the same way avoiding every unnecessary calorie helps a diet, but to make that point while crowing about a real world 6-8 mile EV range car is akin to lecturing triathletes when you get the medium chocolate milk shake with your supersized McDonalds happy meal instead of the large.

Instead of side tracking and talking about your electric car?

The "vision" of fracking? At best a temporary stopgap as limited as possible until a real Manhattan-project style shift to renewables pays off, starting with mandating solar panels on the roof of every government building and commercial building over a certain size, fast-tracking wind and hydro proposals, taking over a few hundred acres of the Mojave for solar, investing in smart grid technology, rendering illegal any HOA restrictions and covenants against rooftop solar panels, subsidizing pale roofing shingles (which will thus slowly become the norm in developments and replacements and geothermal HVAC refits, making EV subsidies rebates not tax reductions so everyone can get them. Then I'd start getting creative and offering a substantial DoE grant for anyone who can integrate natural plant fiber into solar panels (it's how plants get energy after all and has some fascinating early success), make inductive charging efficient even in parking lots, coupled with PV roofs that offer both shade and free megawatts, develop small hydro chargers that can be placed in every fast-moving waterway with minimal environmental impact, integrate similarly small wind turbines into residential construction, and things like that.

I was about to give up.

You should turn these excellent suggestions into 25+ bullet points and post them in GD.




Btw, I know these posts belong in E&E but I am tired of reading ignorant posts of too many uninformed DUers who should know better -- that's why I suggest folks xpost in GD.

I've never seen a car that runs on methane. Has anyone else seen a car that runs on methane?

But no I haven't but I have seen that argument used
by Big Oil advocates. and politicians.

But not by scientists.

Hope this gets more recommendations.

Washington still has its collective head up its ass and our prez has only been paying lip service to the cause.