[Hercuros]

Why is it all about doing more and not about doing less? I sincerely doubt that a technological solution is possible that would not require any reduction/change in our current lifestyles. Where is the evidence that we only need a sufficient amount of science and engineering to prevent disastrous climate change?

Moreover, merely developing the technology is not necessarily enough to get it actually adopted. Lobbyists will fight to protect established interests from industries like oil and gas. There will be narratives about how such new technologies destroy jobs, in an attempt to sway voters.

Ultimately, not enough change is going to happen without political will. That is because fighting climate change is not going to make everyone happy. There will be losers, and there is never going to be some magical piece of technology that will let us have our cake and eat it too. Creating political will requires more than just clever engineering, and people like Greta Thunberg can help motivate and inspire large groups of people to create that political will.

[clouddrover]

> Moreover, merely developing the technology is not necessarily enough to get it actually adopted.

The city I live in runs on 100% renewable power. It's wind and solar, generated both locally and remotely.

One of the solar farms is not far from where I live. Year by year more people are putting solar on their homes. People like generating their own power.

Look what's happening around the world. Pick some countries. Kenya's power generation is 80% renewable:

https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210303-geothermal-the-i...

The UK is putting in renewables everywhere they can. The renewable share of electricity generation is now 44%:

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx1m7zg0gpet

https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/...

Australia's electricity generation is 22% renewable: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/...

The US is 19% renewable electricity generation. Renewables are trending up, fossil fuels are trending down: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/...

Read reports on more countries: https://www.irena.org/Data/Energy-Profiles

Global renewable electricity generation grew by 7.4% from 2019 to 2020. Solar grew by 22% and wind by 12%: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication...

Nihilism, cynicism, and pessimism are all useless. Optimism is naive.

The perspective you want to cultivate is meliorism. Everything else is wank.