Comment by rayiner
3 years ago
So the solution isn’t a real solution? You know what’s harder than carbon capture? Re-engineering human nature.
3 years ago
So the solution isn’t a real solution? You know what’s harder than carbon capture? Re-engineering human nature.
Has been done multiple times over. Successful examples include global ban on ozone depleting chemicals, multiple standards for international trade, just run of the mill law and policy, human rights, etc.
It is in human nature not to destroy our climate, it took extremely wealthy and persistent class of polluters concentrated effort for the past few decades to prevent climate actions from various governments. Human populations—most of which residing in democracies—would have loved for governments to ratify the various treaties that would have saved our climate. As it is in our nature to do so. Only inhumane action has doomed our climate.
None of that requires meaningful sacrifice in material standards of living.
Climate inaction requires tremendous sacrifice in all of our standards of living. So does taxes. It is a very human behavior to give away a little you have in order for other people to enjoy better lives. We do it all the time.
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