Over the years I have realized that every part of our world is run by energy. If I write a book, the computer I write the book on is powered by electricity, the machine that prints the book is powered by electricity, if the book is electronic then the server that hosts the book is also powered by electricity. If I buy food, a vehicle had to bring the food to the shop and it had to burn fuel. Every single transaction is powered by energy. Our whole society is powered by fossil fuels.
I watched some of the COP26 conference on TV through the internet and thought that the world leaders have the wrong idea about how to tackle climate change. It shouldn't be about investing vast amounts of money to change our energy use. It should be about finding a cheap way to do it. We need to find a cheap way to make solar panels and a cheap way to make high capacity batteries to store surplus power and release it to the grid later.
In my view, I'm not surprised that China and Russia didn't show up, they don't want to be pressured to invest in wind farms and solar energy systems too much. There are many ordinary people like myself that want to change the world but we can't because we live ordinary lives without the means to change anything.
