Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I'm not saying that nothing should be done. I just believe that wind & sun cannot sustainably cover our immense energy demand.
Perhaps the problem also lies in the fact that we consume too much.

There was recently a study or something like that where they found out that all energy demand + increase could be covered if panels were installed on all solar-suitable roofs.
And by all, they meant worldwide.
They worked with satellite images.
For me, solar has so far also been the only really sensible solution.

For me, solar is so far the only really sensible solution.

There is enough renewable energy for the current consumption. Unfortunately, the current consumption does not remain. The world population is growing and striving for prosperity - with the prosperity as we define it, energy consumption rises enormously. Therefore, a sensible solution can only be considered together with a change in behavior and a technology that becomes quickly affordable and economical. Who else should finance the initial push if not the rich countries? They also benefit from the later sales. Now a conclusion that nobody wants to hear and that nobody wants to participate in implementing: Maybe CO2 emissions first have to become really expensive here for something to happen. Unfortunately, we only react when it hurts and apparently it is not painful enough yet.

. Maybe CO2 emissions first need to become really expensive here before anything changes. Unfortunately, we only react when it hurts, and apparently it’s not painful enough yet.

this unfortunately only solves a marginal part of the problem:

for the members of the plutocracy, it is completely irrelevant how much a ton of CO2 emissions costs.
With personal annual budgets of > 5 million, it doesn’t matter if the CO2 surcharge becomes 5000€ more expensive.
When selling the production, this surcharge is passed on to the customers anyway.

but as a supposedly “libertarian” narrative, this misconception is very popular.

The problem of rising construction costs lies rather in real estate speculation:
recently there was a TV documentary on land grabbing where in villages around a major city
the available building land tended towards ZERO. The research by a committed mayor
of a surrounding village revealed that about 40% of the surveyed owners of fallow land had no interest at all
in building. They were only interested in making further speculative gains through building land
as long as there were no interest rates on savings. And thus blocking the entire system.

In neoliberalism, such an antisocial scheme is normal, even desired by many.
Monetarism (instead of dirigisme) as a regulatory principle only ever works for a few.

In neoliberalism, such an antisocial scheme is simply normal, even desired by many. Monetarism (instead of dirigism) as a regulatory mechanism always only works temporarily successfully.

Broad agreement. The climate crisis is a consequence of the overexploitation of the Earth --> we extract more resources than can regenerate. That is the real problem. It follows that we cannot ensure climate protection solely through money or technology, but only through a change in thinking and a change of the system within which we act. Certainly, it will not matter much to the super-rich if everything becomes more expensive. The super-rich do not concern me much in the solution consideration. If a sufficiently large number of people want a system change, then it will come. Experience shows that a system renewal does not come from the comfort zone – so one has to come up with something. Whether high energy prices are the ultimate wisdom – as a singular measure certainly not; the path has some risks. Continuing to manage the general comfort zone, however, is certainly a path that inevitably leads to ruin.

Can the climate discussion be moved to another thread? I would like to read something about escalating construction costs here. Thank you.

That inevitably goes together.