# Straight Dope 1/13/2023: Is longtermism the world's most dangerous belief system?

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**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-13-2023-is-longtermism-the-worlds-most-dangerous-belief-system/978173 "2023-01-13T15:30:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-13-2023-is-longtermism-the-worlds-most-dangerous-belief-system/978173/34 "2023-01-14T00:11:21Z")

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> We are also busy converting a very diverse energy mix into a narrow range of interconnected sources, which is not good for existential risk. In the future, a power failure could mean no electricity, no heat, no emergency services and no way to travel out of a disaster area.

Are we though? We are fazing in solar and wind, and fazing coal and oil. Plus, solar and wind can be more distributed. You can’t install a coal plant in your back yard, but you can install solar panels and a wind mill. Grid storage is the big bottle neck, but for the price of a nice car, I can make my house energy independent for the next 15-20 years.

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