Conservative estimates are at 250k dead due to climate change each year starting 2030 and that is going to happen even if we go to zero emissions right now. The more we emit, the worse it is going to get. So far the war is at less then 10,000 deaths total. Obviously it is impossible to predict, but it could well net save lifes if you include climate deaths.

Obviously this should have been done without the war.

Point is: As prices remain high more people will switch, reducing consumption in the long run.

The EU sharply cut their fossil methane use in response to that

I’d say it’s more a Black Mirror episode.

Hey now, marvel movies are usually at least vaguely internally consistent!

it looks more like Fargo.

I am sure the oil barons will be willing to give up their super profits for the good of humanity.

/s

Soon the whole US will be rolling "clean" coal.

Definitely a good start on dismantling the auto industry. Cancelling all those investments into new technology in favor of eking out just a few final years with the old stuff. In a mere few years, all that messy manufacturing will be gone over to China and millions more Americans can just sit and relax in front of their TV’s

You have way more faith in humanity than I think we deserve at this point.