Published June 1, 2021 David McNew via Getty Images The following is a contributed article by Alejandra Mejia Cunningham, building decarbonization advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council. It is a counter piece to "The Dangers of Out of Sight, Out of Mind Gas Bans," an opinion piece by Dave Schryver, president and CEO of the American Public Gas Association. To win the fight against the climate crisis and contain its out-of-control wildfires, punishing storms and other escalating disasters, we must reach economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050. The intervening three decades offer an invaluable opportunity to pivot away from fossil fuels and transition everyone in our country to a thriving, healthy, affordable clean energy future. If we miss this opportunity, not only will the damage from the climate crisis get worse over time, but finally taking action down the road will be much costlier, as we will have wasted precious time and resources on outdated fossil infrastructure that will then go unused.