France's 1880s experiments with solar steam power lead to (primitive) solar panels by the 1920s and solar providing 1/4 of energy by the 50s or 60s.
Ok, cars run on Ethanol right from the get go. E85/15 is 85% Ethanol these days, and 15% Gasoline.With any pod post 1900, screw the oil industry as hard as possible. Or at least have cleaner forms of energy come into mainstream use. Or both. Preferably both. Bonus points if you screw the car industry and have the majority of people use public transportation/bikes/walking too.
IMHO the known catastrophes as well as almost-catastrophes around nuclear power somewhat ... diksregard it as a 'clean energy'.
The catastrophes that had incredibly low death tolls and a total worldwide human cost over 60 years that is an order of magnitude lower of the yearly human cost of coal and oil pollution in the US - tens of thousands of early deaths caused by this pollution, according to MIT? We're talking about these catastrophes? Nuclear power is pretty damn clean and unlike solar or wind, doesn't need additional plants to cover the predictable and unpredictable lapses in power generation.IMHO the known catastrophes as well as almost-catastrophes around nuclear power somewhat ... diksregard it as a 'clean energy'.
A bit late, but I got another idea. Maybe have some massive oil related disaster that can turn public opinion against oil?
Can’t really. In the time when public opinion mattered, oil was already everywhere in everything. Try working without plastics, without advanced hydrocarbons. The word for this is suicide.A bit late, but I got another idea. Maybe have some massive oil related disaster that can turn public opinion against oil?
A bit late, but I got another idea. Maybe have some massive oil related disaster that can turn public opinion against oil?
I mean, Chernobyl ruined the reputation of Nuclear energy.Nope. Anything bad enough would literally have to be so bad that it is civilization threatening. There’s too many hours added on to people’s lives by cheap and available energy and hydrocarbon polymers.
I mean, Chernobyl ruined the reputation of Nuclear energy.
Hmm, so, what can we do to make nuclear energy more popular? Avoiding ww2 would help
I mean, Chernobyl ruined the reputation of Nuclear energy.