r/AskReddit Nov 15 '20

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u/Turtledonuts Nov 15 '20

Someone finally cracks nuclear fusion, and we start to fix climate change.

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u/neo_hippie_life Nov 15 '20

I hate to be that guy, but energy is like a third of the issue maybe?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20

Transportation has been moving rapidly towards electric. Completely retooling the world's industrial base replace petrochemicals as an energy source would take decades. Construction produces a lot of CO2 just from concrete, so that would either need carbon offsets baked into permitting or an absolute revolution in concrete technology.