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Our Last, Best Chance to Cool the Earth | Bill McKibben | TED

We’re living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became…

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We’re living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different future. “Energy from heaven, not from hell,” he says. (Recorded at TED2026 on April 14, 2026)

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94 Comments

  1. @aleksandar7393

    August 6, 2026 at 12:24 pm

    Go with RRETS – Rapid Renewable Energy Transition Schema

  2. @geraldofrancisco5206

    August 6, 2026 at 12:27 pm

    Murica is not going to like it

    • @onjulraz754

      August 6, 2026 at 2:41 pm

      Reactive country, they will change overnight when the costs require it

    • @TeddyRumble

      August 6, 2026 at 6:57 pm

      Solar has a place in energy production. But it CANNOT power vast industrial plants.

  3. @camp44mag

    August 6, 2026 at 12:30 pm

    The oil industry-paid bots/naysayers are astroturfing the comments, just like in every video promoting sustainability comment section.

    • @TeddyRumble

      August 6, 2026 at 6:58 pm

      Nuclear.

  4. @darylwalton1646

    August 6, 2026 at 12:53 pm

    Well said… And some good one liners.

  5. @rishalinda7165

    August 6, 2026 at 12:54 pm

    The United States is run by dinosaurs that want to use fossil fuels because their leader, trump, doesn’t understand renewable energy and cares nothing about the future of humility or the planet.

    • @onjulraz754

      August 6, 2026 at 2:53 pm

      He understands it just fine. They don’t need to think about the future because they’re so old so they would rather people keep doing the things which are profitable to the old people

    • @TeddyRumble

      August 6, 2026 at 7:01 pm

      No one wants more hydrocarbons.

      What we want and need is nuclear power.

      Wind farms kill 1.2 million birds a year in the USA alone.

      UNACCEPTABLE!

    • @TeddyRumble

      August 6, 2026 at 7:02 pm

      ​@onjulraz754ageist much?

      Boomers want nuclear.

  6. @TypicalGuy84

    August 6, 2026 at 1:11 pm

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  7. @liv42day

    August 6, 2026 at 1:24 pm

    My favorite environmentalist!!

  8. @peacefulcompassion

    August 6, 2026 at 3:14 pm

    welll said!

  9. @MOHAMEDTABCAMOHAMED

    August 6, 2026 at 3:16 pm

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  10. @colinsouthward7330

    August 6, 2026 at 3:35 pm

    My solar panels will neve pay for themselves.

    • @modiddymo

      August 6, 2026 at 5:38 pm

      Why not?

  11. @shanewoz123

    August 6, 2026 at 4:35 pm

    this guy has crazzzzzy TDS

    • @TeddyRumble

      August 6, 2026 at 6:55 pm

      An old fart.
      He never mentions what to do when solar panels die.
      Or wind turbine blades fall off.

  12. @hpiccus

    August 6, 2026 at 4:44 pm

    Cool the earth?! Are you you nuts. Why would you want to cool the earth. Cooling the earth was what lead to the dark ages

  13. @petegoodall2091

    August 6, 2026 at 4:52 pm

    ….none of those miles go through the strait of Hormuz. Right on!

  14. @johnkintree763

    August 6, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    Additional good news is that we can build a platform for digital democracy, and empower ourselves to make decisions more directly on issues from the local to the global level.

  15. @pizzibarbaro32

    August 6, 2026 at 5:24 pm

    If solar energy was really cheaper than oil,than no one here would pay the electricity bill, but rather buy solar panels,If solar is really cheaper than oil,then tell me where I can buy those cheap solar panels.
    (Btw the reason Chinese solar panels are cheaper is because they don’t have regulations for pollution when they produce such panels)

    • @andrewmara2401

      August 6, 2026 at 6:48 pm

      People ARE buying solar panels.

  16. @homo-sapiens-dubium

    August 6, 2026 at 5:54 pm

    just ordered 2 panels for 175 euros that will make my new AC run for free. They pay off after 1.5 years only and last 25+ years. its insane not to get any by now and theyre only getting cheaper.

    • @TeddyRumble

      August 6, 2026 at 6:56 pm

      Solar takes 75 times the land a nuclear power plant does.

  17. @Rich1Rodriguez

    August 6, 2026 at 6:08 pm

    Amen!🙏

  18. @Jasonxbr

    August 6, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    Sorry to disappoint but we reached the point of no return- with climate change- oil companies knew and buried the files – so as a society we should sue them and the government for the consequences of their greed and corruption as the planet is dying they ate building bunkers and spaceships trying to self preservation but of course this is a travesty and despicable set of recourse as humanity and life on this planet is pretty much wipe out – 6th extinction- cause by psychopathic narcissist with self-serving grandiose ego demagogue complex pathological lying and manipulate and gaslighting tactics add with isolation tactics mixed with fake news and scapegoating the other side as due to avoiding accountability and responsibilities like a toxic relationship. We failed as a society 😮😢😢😢😢😢😢

  19. @mmokhtabad

    August 6, 2026 at 6:19 pm

    A Chinese manifesto!

    • @TeddyRumble

      August 6, 2026 at 6:52 pm

      “Cheap Chinese solar panels”
      How much is he being paid by the CCP???

  20. @TeddyRumble

    August 6, 2026 at 6:48 pm

    In Sacramento, the power through the grid come from natural gas burning, and turning turbines.

    And where do the materials for solar panels and batteries come from?

    Child labor, abusive slave labor in the Congo and eksewhere.

    And wind farms kill 1.2 million birds a year in the USA aline.

    Your false optimism glosses over that.

  21. @mrstigara

    August 6, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    🎉Bravo🎉

  22. @BrianKFreelandSr

    August 6, 2026 at 7:30 pm

    The problem in America is the fossil fuel corporations, and Felon/Trump who they elected in 2024. Impeaching, Removing and Convicting Felon/Trump needs to happen now to make this a reality.

  23. @MegaSnail1

    August 6, 2026 at 8:02 pm

    You give me hope. Thank you.

  24. @MidnightLasers

    August 6, 2026 at 9:12 pm

    Moral platitudes without any substance addressing the reasons we should or shouldn’t use solar over other energy types. Waste of a watch.

  25. @Goldsteinphoto

    August 7, 2026 at 6:46 pm

    I just ordered a 7300 kW solar system for $7700US installed.
    I live in Nayarit Mexico.
    10 730w Canadian solar panels
    3 Hymiles 2250 4 in 1 microinverters.
    Rooftop rail mount
    Labor.

  26. @jeeusaburges

    August 7, 2026 at 6:50 pm

    We need less needs…..less is more and locally…manual work etc…no more power but the right amount ❤

  27. @Goldsteinphoto

    August 7, 2026 at 6:51 pm

    A Base Power battery is a large home energy storage system (typically 25 kWh to nearly 80 kWh) installed by Base Power Company.

    Instead of just being a backup device you buy outright, the company installs and owns the battery while acting as your retail electricity provider, using the stored energy to balance the power grid and lower utility costs.

  28. @JAMs6504

    August 7, 2026 at 6:55 pm

    The solution, ruin everyone’s lives to not change a single thing about climate change.

    We live on a globe. It’s not just America and Europe

  29. @pcInCA

    August 7, 2026 at 7:14 pm

    You need batteries to go along with the panels.

    • @OilCanHarry2U

      August 7, 2026 at 7:45 pm

      So?

  30. @antonyjh1234

    August 7, 2026 at 7:15 pm

    We must understand oil first before saying it can be replaced, 15% is naphtha and bitumen, this is after oil has been boiled to get the different fractions, to get plastics for batteries, synthetic rubber coated wires, tyres, synthetic carpets, seats, then this comes from this 15%, if the 15% exists and is increased in consumption then the 85% we burn will also increase.
    There is no way we can increase the consumption the 15%, as we have all done during the last 30 years and diesel, petrol, LPG, bunker oil, or asphalt from bitumen which is at the bottom of each barrel not to increase in volume also. Aspirin to asphalt we get 6000 plus products, growing a cellulose replacement with diesel driven tractors tread with synthetic rubber tyres, fertilised by gas made fertiliser is not an answer.
    The world emits the equivalent of 393 billion tons of ancient organic matter per day in oil at 90 ton’s of organic matter to make one gallon of oil and 164 million tons per day in coal at 7 tons.
    A lot of energy to counter but we have all been complicit, still are in our everyday activities.

    The world uses 4.6 billion gallons, 17.3 billion litres a day, what feedstock is going to replace medical plastics, the things I mentioned?
    Are we going to grow hemp using diesel, gas made fertiliser, using synthetic rubber tyres for tractors and will it replace aspirin, nylon, bitumen?
    Renewables are a debt instrument to input money to keep up the levels of consumption in society, they have meant zero transition and I would have expected us to be offering truth instead of obfuscation. Renewables have been part of zero transition because it is all an add-on to total energy, if someone does this in their private lives, efficiency is a saving of energy, overall. If people save any money then unless that money is saved forever then all it will be is displaced consumption, which for society as I say is 70-80% oil based. If someone saves on heating then they might travel more, buy new shoes, even an EV that is half plastic, driving on synthetic rubber tyres, on asphalt is going to add to further consumption of naphtha which is the 15% of each barrel after it has been refined, the 85% that we burn will still exist.
    We can not buy our way to less emissions, there is only less consumption, this program of storage without lower overall consumption will only accelerate global warming more.
    Electricity being 20-30% of total energy then the 70-80% of total energy needs to be discussed, along with a physical product replacement.
    As far as total energy is concerned, renewables have increased 8% of the percentage in 20 years where I am from, while we displace consumption to China for all the goods we buy.
    Telling the public that “we are getting there”with solar and wind is corruption and lies.

  31. @michelemartin7276

    August 7, 2026 at 7:21 pm

    The oligarchs will lose their grip on the world when we move from fossil fuels to renewables which is why they’re blocking this transition.

  32. @realdealholyfields

    August 7, 2026 at 7:34 pm

    Someone should teach the Pakistanis, a civilisation over 5,000 years old, how to build scaffolding with wood instead of steel.

  33. @centurione6489

    August 7, 2026 at 7:35 pm

    Earth is currently in an average temperature geological cycle.

    • @OilCanHarry2U

      August 7, 2026 at 7:45 pm

      Statistics,
      you don’t understand em’.

  34. @RoseMario-m6m

    August 7, 2026 at 7:36 pm

    Chinese electric cars with a solar panel on the roof: you park it under the sun, and when you’re back from your job the sun has charged your car for free!

  35. @Poopsecs

    August 7, 2026 at 7:43 pm

    they go to war over money, but none of them will go to war to save the planet and thats why we should get hit by an astroid to send us back to the ice age.

  36. @susank580

    August 7, 2026 at 7:50 pm

    Love the humor sprinkled throughout this seriously important topic. ❤❤❤

  37. @AliChughtai-k3y

    August 7, 2026 at 7:56 pm

    I’m from Pakistan and believe me, installing solar panels is absolutely worth it. You reduce your electricity bills, become less dependent on the grid and use clean, renewable energy. It’s also a small contribution toward a cleaner environment for future generations

  38. @citizendisposable7427

    August 7, 2026 at 8:01 pm

    In nature Extinction is the rule not the exception

  39. @JosephPrice-m2x3h

    August 7, 2026 at 8:03 pm

    The world is investing and leaving the United States behind and I’m here for it.

  40. @johnm7251

    August 7, 2026 at 8:07 pm

    In Australia, we still subsidise the diesel used by mining companies – Crazy !!

  41. @GB-to2do

    August 7, 2026 at 8:18 pm

    The only REAL solution is to reduce the human population. Imposing an even bigger footprint on the earth to sustain our existence and ever growing consumption is NOT a solution. It is strictly a way of deferring the inevitable and maintaining the delusion.

  42. @larrykiernan

    August 7, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    Classic Bill, all narrative and no substance.

  43. @impeachtrump2026

    August 7, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    Selfishness is Americas most persisting disease. It is why everything is so screwed up here.

  44. @EshockT

    August 7, 2026 at 8:27 pm

    Trump, controlled by Putin, destroyed the planet and let AI run amok. Humanity was a decent experiment but ultimately a failure by stupidity.

    • @DonCDXX

      August 7, 2026 at 9:01 pm

      Trump is fully capable of doing all that harm without Putin controlling him.

  45. @Revelt_w

    August 7, 2026 at 8:44 pm

    I think solar panels should be on every private house roof with a battery to be semi independent from the grid or aiding the grid to balance out by joining the network of other batteries.

    But sadly people are blinded by how green the solar power looks and often ignore the problems of recycling (for some reason when I was working at solar research centre, just last year they started thinking about it) and how overproduction of solar energy can destabilize the grid like once happened to Germany. Other problem is that for applications like steel making neither solar nor wind can provide the temperature or material to utilize one of the steel production cycles. People should add Nuclear energy to their solarpunk utopia, because it can handle all the things solar/wind can’t and some of the next generation reactors like HTGR (often used in SMR) by design and laws of physics can’t let explosions or radioactive material release happen. If you care about radioactive waste, look up ADS for MA transmutation, it solves it.

    • @DonCDXX

      August 7, 2026 at 9:00 pm

      The solution to overproduction of solar energy is data centers.

  46. @fixthepix18

    August 7, 2026 at 8:48 pm

    3:57 This is exactly why the oil industry will continue to thrive and won’t simply disappear under capitalism.

  47. @kadsydney

    August 7, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    Solar energy wont fix anything. Its too little too late. A distraction. Unless u cut down animal agriculture which is resulting in 7 planetary boundary transgression – we are toast. Animal ag is 50 percent of all emissions as per new studies- primarily through deforestation. Talk about the cow in the room

    • @DonCDXX

      August 7, 2026 at 8:59 pm

      That’s why lab grown meat is looking like a good option.

  48. @berbudy

    August 7, 2026 at 9:16 pm

    8:43 damn this is a very important point about the shift of power

  49. @r.1599

    August 7, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    Having data centers run on solar energy won’t negate the water they need for cooling.

  50. @todd4468

    August 8, 2026 at 7:11 pm

    It’s refreshing hearing a smart person talk rather than some lying conman trying to gaslight. 🙏

  51. @Thinkflowers10

    August 8, 2026 at 7:11 pm

    It’s up to each of us to make decisions that will support the directives in Bill McKibben’s ask. Buy less stuff, recycle when we can, drive electric when we can, eat less farm animals, support ocean clean ups. We need to stop supporting the ultra rich by buying from their businesses, vote with our wallets and for people who are aligned with our values.

  52. @todd4468

    August 8, 2026 at 7:13 pm

    The biggest difference we as Americans can make is to stop electing republicans as they alone are holding us back.

    • @TerraPotentia

      August 8, 2026 at 7:26 pm

      If you’re pushing for wind/solar and batteries then you’re holding yourself back

  53. @chrisredlich9086

    August 8, 2026 at 7:15 pm

    Why is power about half the cost in Tennessee than it is in California? How many cents a kilowatt hour do the batteries add to the cost of electricity in the house? Nothing is free. Please acknowledge the actual costs to the consumer.

  54. @eldenring-d3l

    August 8, 2026 at 7:17 pm

    This genuinely made me happy to watch ❤

  55. @joelblair35

    August 8, 2026 at 7:28 pm

    Is this about energy? politics? Or is this making a case for clean energy fixes everything? I love solar, its benefits and the economics. The broader Bill’s reach goes the weaker the evidence.

    • @Cam11B83

      August 8, 2026 at 7:55 pm

      Did you watch the video?

      What is your specific complaint?

  56. @joachimmueller9664

    August 8, 2026 at 7:29 pm

    why the heck should the world be cooled ???

  57. @jammer6524

    August 8, 2026 at 7:39 pm

    Trump did cut billions from energy project but well over 95% of them cuts were only in states that did not vote for him. Grants left untouched included hundreds of projects in Republican-leaning states that backed Trump, even when the Energy Department had initially recommended canceling them.

  58. @1970Phoenix

    August 8, 2026 at 7:44 pm

    The US is doing a great job of accelerating China’s rise towards global leadership. I suspect that Xi Jinping wakes up every morning and says a prayer for the good health of Trump and his sycophants.

    • @Cam11B83

      August 8, 2026 at 7:54 pm

      You bet he does!

  59. @1970Phoenix

    August 8, 2026 at 7:47 pm

    As an Aussie, I’m not even going to bother with the 3 hours of free electricity each day, because the panels on my own roof already give me all the power I need. Energy costs me NOTHING, and when I soon purchase an electric car, I will also power it using the free electricity made on my roof.

    • @Cam11B83

      August 8, 2026 at 7:54 pm

      Thank you for leading!

  60. @ProgressiveVegan

    August 8, 2026 at 7:53 pm

    “Sunlight travels 93M miles [150M km] to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz.” Bill McKibben.

  61. @oldschoolvids327

    August 8, 2026 at 8:01 pm

    Dude looks like Steve-Os responsible uncle

  62. @mlbgreatwhitenorth6033

    August 8, 2026 at 8:05 pm

    China is the keading country to turn to solar, wind and water which has slowed environmental air pollution and global warming! 👍🙏✅️

  63. @Cy5208

    August 8, 2026 at 8:05 pm

    Nothing new the same old story that isn’t dealing with the political economy. Many activists are also blockers in their own way.

  64. @klumaverik

    August 8, 2026 at 8:11 pm

    Wow . Thank you.❤❤❤

  65. @Kelly-r5j1v

    August 8, 2026 at 8:32 pm

    But the coal companies will be put out of business and we can’t have that. Kinda like the horse carriage.

  66. @GeoffMiell

    August 8, 2026 at 8:34 pm

    3:25: “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦.”

    Dr. Tim Lenton, professor and director of the Global Systems Institute in the UK explained in 2023: “
    𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 0.1 °𝘊 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 140 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

    𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 1.5 °𝘊 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 2.7 °𝘊 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 2100 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵.”

  67. @Anothermouse

    August 8, 2026 at 8:41 pm

    Oh dear. What kind of deluded malarkey have I stumbled onto here. CO2 is a vital gas. The earth and solar system are in the midst of a big cyclical shift, way beyond our puny reach. Meanwhile, real pollution gets a pass. Glyphosate on monoculture ‘forests’ to promote new evergreen growth and stop deciduous growth. Pine needles are potent fuel. Li-ion batteries with the unpredictable potential to offgas highly toxic metallic very flammable funes. But ya. Believe in the new religion, the new saviors.

  68. @yung784

    August 8, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    This guy is brainwashed by Chinese propaganda

  69. @opossumboyo

    August 8, 2026 at 9:07 pm

    I don’t understand how the old vanguard of the environmentalist movement continues to say the exact same things they have for decades; that we can solve the problem and have the same quality of life if we just push renewables a LITTLE BIT HARDER THIS TIME.

    Even if you could run the world we have off of renewables, you’d still be killing the planet, just a little bit slower and in a different way. It would change nothing about our rabid resource gathering or our blatant disregard for the biosphere’s natural systems. All of the renewable electricity that has been added to the grid has been just that; adding to a grid that maintains the superorganism ruining our biosphere.

    And regardless, the problem is not, nor has it ever been, people not “understanding” how nice and fun renewables are. The corporate system, and by proxy the leaders of the world, have full knowledge about the climate crisis and fully understand what they are doing. They’re either under the impression they can buy survival with the wealth produced by extraction, or they believe that our enemies will suffer more than us and we can use the decaying biosphere as a way to maintain hegemony. They will never peacefully swap over from a substance that can maintain their control unless a new substance that maintains control arrives.

    At this point, i’m convinced that anyone who pushes a “green status quo” solution to the climate crisis is a corporate plant, because they’re giving folks the utterly false impression that we can gently solve the problem when that’s far beyond true now.

  70. @AndreVictor-h6z

    August 8, 2026 at 9:10 pm

    He reminds me of Henry Fonda!

  71. @ryuji8389

    August 8, 2026 at 9:11 pm

    Here in the Philippines, our biggest energy provider is Meralco. They have made purchasing and installing Solar Panels to our roofs almost near impossible and costly while calling this renewable energy, UNSAFE for our homes. They do not seem to entertain the possibility that they can collaborate and make it so that electricity is accessible, flowing throughout for everyone. Instead, they fight back and spread misinformation to minorities who do not know any better. Our current government is lacking and so are these corporations who seem to serve themselves rather than the people.

  72. @JuneBannister-k4s

    August 8, 2026 at 9:25 pm

    American idiocracy is pissing always the path to cheap energy.

  73. @blaiseutube

    August 8, 2026 at 9:27 pm

    …in upstate NY, a Canadian private equity company is covering usable farmland with solar farms.😢

  74. @hasinfarhana9945

    August 8, 2026 at 9:28 pm

    Stop tramps darty steps

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