Why is Biden laughing? The point Bernie is making about climate change is not flippant

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19. Impressive-looking chart, TD

But just to put things into a little perspective that big bar on the far right is a little over 1 TW (terawatt).

In 2016 the world consumed around 18 TW, and that number is constantly going up as the population increases and the standard of living goes up in more places around the globe. I wish that chart's vertical scale went to 20 TW to drive home just how far we have to go...and even that number will look puny in the not-too-distant future...

http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/howmuchenergy/

Hope Joe finds enough in his budget to provide a little seed money for fusion research. The engineering challenges involved are enormous but the sooner we start the sooner we'll get there. Probably a long way off but fusion is the ultimate power source for the planet and everything else that falls under renewable is very likely supplemental at best. Doesn't mean we shouldn't pursue them because that's all we got at the moment but often I get the impression that a lot of folks have no idea what's really involved or just how difficult (and costly) it's really gonna be.