COLUMN-Renewable energy wins over oil and gas in post-coronavirus world: Russell - Reuters

COLUMN-Renewable energy wins over oil and gas in post-coronavirus world: Russell - Reuters:

Imagine waking up one morning with a deadly tiger snake in your bed. To make matters worse out of the window you notice an approaching bushfire.

Both are a threat to your life, but you are going to deal with the imminent danger of the snake first, and then tackle the more distant but still serious fire. It’s the same with the new coronavirus and climate change.

Since the rapid spread of the coronavirus beyond its origin in China and the social and economic havoc it’s wreaking across the globe, it may seem that climate change has dropped off the radar screen.

Certainly, commentators on the right of the political spectrum and those who are climate change deniers have sometimes resorted to something akin to glee in pointing out how the coronavirus has shifted climate change to the back burner of current concerns.