I saw these things online today, and wanted to try to connect a few dots.

First, we have the capability to drastically mitigate this climate crisis:

There's a limit to how quickly you can scale up EXISTING tech. We can achieve 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 & 100% by 2050 by scaling up *existing* clean energy & storage tech (+ implementing energy efficiency). Discussion & links to the lit: https://t.co/9hZFWBlabo https://t.co/wfAqAsttmq

— Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) October 19, 2021

But... we the oil and coal companies don't want to let us. From Reuters.com: Big fossil fuel producers' plans far exceed climate targets, U.N. says

And, the oil and coal companies are controlling politics:

West Virginians Getting Crushed By Energy Prices While Politicians Get Rich Off Price Gauging