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Let me paint you a vision of the future.

One where we're on 100% clean, renewable energy. How likely do you think that is?

Hmm. In the movie world or in the real world? In the real world, I would say in 100 years,

if we're not there, we're in trouble. So I'm going to put my vote on, we're there.

So one of the reasons that I think most people pause on that idea is,

you know, we don't have the political willpower, it seems like, but also people don't think

we are scientifically there yet, that the technology isn't there yet. Well, one scientist thinks

we are there and that we can do this by 2050. We can actually get 80% of the way there by

2030. 100% clean renewable energy,

wind, water, and solar. Wow. But there's a big political hurdle, right? Yeah, this whole

conversation isn't about the real world in the sense that there are political decisions to be

made. There's public engagement to happen.

But the technical and scientific feasibility of this, where it changes the nature of the

conversation to be one of it is about will, it isn't about waiting for the technology to

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