"No one in the world should be on this rung of the energy ladder. Everyone should have access to clean fuels for cooking and heating. The fact that billions of people don’t means this should be one of the environmental movement’s top priorities. **Our first step towards clean air** is a tried-and-tested one: **reduce poverty and make sure no one is using old, traditional fuels**. ([Location 1075](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1075))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[poverty]], [[energy-ladder]], [[technology]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[fossil-fuels]], [[emissions]], [[climate-change]], [[pollution]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]