Alas, there are no real signs of anything remotely looking like seriousness being even on the far horizon. I hear a lot of huffing and puffing, but action - as opposed to cheap words - is not happening. It is not happening with rearmament, ammunition production ramp-ups with respect to Ukraine/Russia.
It is not happening with new nuclear reactors being greenlit, restarting of fossil production lines or new mining for rare earth minerals (if you want to look at the number of new nuclear reactors being built, as well as those planned, you can go here: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide.aspx - I will leave the conclusion as to the seriousness of the West in this area as an exercise for the reader).
Because, before our politicians actually do get serious about any of this, they will need to explain to their voters why the last three decades of increasingly shrill climate doom-mongering coming very soon around the year 2100, may kinda sorta have been a bit too hysterical and that the problem to solve isn't all that urgent or imperative, when you have actual near-term concerns you need to address; and how the promises of pie-in-the-sky magical green revolutions are not actually achievable when you really get down to it.
Nail hit on head.
Alas, there are no real signs of anything remotely looking like seriousness being even on the far horizon. I hear a lot of huffing and puffing, but action - as opposed to cheap words - is not happening. It is not happening with rearmament, ammunition production ramp-ups with respect to Ukraine/Russia.
It is not happening with new nuclear reactors being greenlit, restarting of fossil production lines or new mining for rare earth minerals (if you want to look at the number of new nuclear reactors being built, as well as those planned, you can go here: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide.aspx - I will leave the conclusion as to the seriousness of the West in this area as an exercise for the reader).
Because, before our politicians actually do get serious about any of this, they will need to explain to their voters why the last three decades of increasingly shrill climate doom-mongering coming very soon around the year 2100, may kinda sorta have been a bit too hysterical and that the problem to solve isn't all that urgent or imperative, when you have actual near-term concerns you need to address; and how the promises of pie-in-the-sky magical green revolutions are not actually achievable when you really get down to it.