The only true green energy that works in all situations for every use case is nuclear. Every other “green” energy production method is very situational at best. Like don’t get me wrong I like solar. But it comes with some important caveats that people don’t think about when they scream “just switch 100% to solar.”
Nobody I know is against using wind or solar power.
But where do they grow those natural wind generators and solar panels?
Their fuel is natural, just like oil and methane gas are natural. That’s the problem with the environmental movement. You only look at the end product and not how you got there.
“Why do we need a smoke belching power plant, you can just plug into that outlet on the wall.”
Only true green energy is nuclear and even then it’s not completely clean during construction of the reactor and the plant. Every other “green” production method requires even more fossil fuels than nuclear does.
More animals (humans, for example) produce more methane and CO2 because both are natural waste products of physiology. And part of staying alive and thriving (for humans) is to convert natural carbonaceous minerals and biomass that produce free methane and CO2 when oxidized, into energy or digested. And growing and consuming and disposing of unused portions of carbon-based plants and animals produces more methane and CO2. It’s all very natural.
The thread is about deregulation of a natural compound, specifically carbon dioxide, that is essential to life on the planet. CFCs are neither natural nor essential.
Particulate matter in the atmosphere, while generally bad for any air-breathing organism, actually blocks and reflects sunlight and cools the planet (think volcanic eruptions.) For instance, back in the 70s, when LA cleaned up their ozone/nitrous oxide/smog problem, the average annual air temperature rose about 3 degrees due to increased insolation at the surface.