Comment by einpoklum
6 hours ago
Why? Because:
1. That renewable energy development is supposed to allow a _reduction_ in fossil fuel consumption, not an increase in wattage used.
2. That investment should already be happening, not subject to some future plans of some holding company or billionaire investor. Keeping global warming at bay is no longer some kind of future concern; and we've begun to see some initial effects of it in recent years - drouts, fires, various kinds of biosphere degradation etc.
It's in addition to our normal efforts to switch to renewable. No one said this replaces those existing programs.
That investment should be happening, but it's not going to comes from companies that you ban from operating.