Michael E. Mann 
“Our fossil fuel economy is a house of cards and Trump’s war in Iran is about to topple it. The need for a clean energy transition has never been clearer” | My new commentary for @LiveScience:
kali@MichaelEMann @LiveScience good stuff.
peterF@MichaelEMann @LiveScience
Amen, the silver lining I cling to is it will accelerate adoption of renewables as the geopolitical difficulties with the Fossil Fuel makes it clear renewables win on every measure.
Amen, the silver lining I cling to is it will accelerate adoption of renewables as the geopolitical difficulties with the Fossil Fuel makes it clear renewables win on every measure.
Martin Vermeer FCD@PeterF @MichaelEMann @LiveScience Not only that. Iran may well knock out fossil-fuel infrastructure in the US too, now that the gang in charge has effectively disabled US counter-intelligence. Those refineries take decades to re-build - unlike wind and solar farms with grid storage.
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Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor@MichaelEMann Fantastic piece, I'll be sharing it with many people.
As an aside, my husband traded in his gasmobile for an EV in February, much to my shock and delight. As a now-two EV household -- I drive a 2017 Chevy Bolt -- I am grateful we're not tied to the whims of gas prices in this shambolic moment. (My husband loves his new EV because it's a pretty sick ride. :)
aspragg@MichaelEMann @LiveScience Nice article. The only part that made me wary was "It makes us dependent on buying oil and gas from *dangerous foreign nations*" - when it feels like the main reason there's danger in those foreign nations is the military brinkmanship of everyone else (including the US) trying to secure their interests in those oil and gas resources.