Kashanski: Climate solutions | Commentary | rutlandherald.com - Rutland Herald
Kashanski: Climate solutions | Commentary | rutlandherald.com
Electrification — not the sole climate solution — this but so much more.
I believe that too often the focus of discussions about climate change action is about going electric — especially the promotion of electric cars. This narrow and constant focus that dominates media coverage of climate solutions, instate and nationally, is not the wholesale societal and consumer transformation that we desperately need to reduce CO2 and methane emissions, and to protect biological and ecological diversity. I believe that, if we continue with this intense focus on electrification as a climate “solution,” we are going to fail.
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