Japan to abandon nuclear power by 2030s: report

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14. I understand the idea of using nat. gas as a bridge to renewables

I'm just not convinced it will actually work anytime soon. So long as gas remains cheap from widespread fracking, renewables deployment is actually hurt as gas-fired electricity undercuts wind and solar. If policies were in place to ban fracking and promote the living hell out of renewables with massive subsidies, then we might be getting somewhere though.

Beyond that, I'm sorry to say but I don't think we have the time to transition anymore. The Arctic basin will be ice-free in 5 years or less, and the climate is already destabilizing as we speak. It's only a matter of time before the methane reserves frozen in the tundra are released in massive quantities. If we can't live off of renewables alone at this point, maybe we need to cut back to the point we can. If that means collapsing the global economy, so be it. I know that's harsh and completely unrealistic, but every extra ton of carbon added to the atmosphere is another nail in our coffin.