Comment by RGamma
8 hours ago
Modern society is falling apart over the cost of getting to net zero. I don't think we have the funds to put lakes on artificial life support in the foreseeable future.
8 hours ago
Modern society is falling apart over the cost of getting to net zero. I don't think we have the funds to put lakes on artificial life support in the foreseeable future.
Actually it’s already done in some places. https://www.easthamptonct.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif7556/f/upl...
Is it the cost of net zero? Or is it the cost of everything else pretending to be relevant to net zero?
Of the interests pushing for net zero, the bulk of them are only doing it insofar as it can be done in a way that basically guarantees them incomes and all of these earmarks are what's driving the non-starter cost while simultaneously souring people on the whole premise. You'd think that people who allege to think on environmental time scales wouldn't need to be told that a movement that looks like branded rent seeking and legalized corruption when viewed through the perspective of anyone who isn't rolling in money isn't gonna last long enough to do its job.
"over the cost of getting to net zero"
Really? Where? Sure looks like we've completely given up. Where are these costs? Who is spending any money on Net-Zero.
Germany and their out of control energy costs (while still only being at best 1/5 of the way there if you count things like thermal heat), are a good example.
California has a dramatically easier climate, and is similarly struggling - without even taking into account goods shipping/transportation, thermal heat in the less nice climate zones, etc.
California might have a chance of getting to actual net zero without completely breaking the bank. But it’s not obvious it will. Germany is an order of magnitude harder.
The US has flipped. Forget Net-Zero. It's Net-Positive, how can we get more CO2.
Like the movie The Arrival (1996)
How can we burn more coal, more gas.
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