Opinion: Fossil fuel dependence and the Iran conflict highlight the need for renewable energy transition
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Michael E. Mann
Summary
This short opinion piece argues that President Trump's military actions toward Iran exemplify the dangers of fossil fuel dependence. It contends that reliance on oil leads to geopolitical conflict and climate destabilization, and uses this as a call to accelerate the transition to renewable energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal, and energy storage.
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bskyOpinion: Fossil fuel dependence and the Iran conflict highlight the need for renewable energy transitionlivescience.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledPresident Donald Trump's war on Iran is the perfect embodiment of all that is wrong with our ongoing fossil fuel dependence.
Renewable energy promises a more secure, domestically sustainable and inexhaustible energy source — via wind, solar, geothermal and energy storage technology.
It doesn't lead to the further warming of our planet and the destabilization of our climate. And it doesn't lead to us fighting dangerous, often misguided, wars in far-flung lands.
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