Artful Dodger
"Neko no me"
climate change could be averted by 2035 (or earlier).
Effectively zero chance of this happening, and I'm not referring to the extreme unlikeliness of humanity achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2035 (or 2050, or even 2100).
Read about momentum in the climate system, a.k.a. the time-delay between net-zero emissions and the full effect of current emissions (hint: polar ice caps keep melting and oceans keep rising). Then there's delayed release of sequestered carbon in the Arctic permafrost. There's at least 4x the amount of frozen carbon in soils and methane clathrates as currently exists in the atmosphere (release over 100-200 year time frame).
TL;dr In reality you are not fighting to 'avert' climate change, that's already baked into Earth's energy budget. You're fighting to slow the inevitable, to give us a chance to adapt (especially the poorer nations). And the fight will go on for 7 generations if we work hard and are lucky. Otherwise, 200+ generations if short-termers like Exxon and OPEC get their way.
Tesla can be a part of that fight, but the outcome will not be what you might imagine.
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