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He's founded tesla and SolarCity with that objective in mind and almost went bankrupt in the process...

• jameslk 10y ago
  My point was more around addressing global warming from the perspective of mitigation rather than prevention. There seems to be a lot of reports that indicate our opportunity for preventing global warming has passed or will soon pass[0][1][2]. So if that's the case, it seems like it would be pretty important to work on solutions to survive the effects of global warming instead. 0. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99888903 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9988890... 1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/climate-change-may-be-irreversible-2016-9 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/climate... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change#Current_risk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change#Current...
  • swagasaurus-rex 10y ago
    I've been seeing studies since the release of the Inconvenient Truth claiming that the point of no return has been reached. I don't doubt climate change, but I'm very skeptical of studies positing a slippery slope of catastrophic proportions. It's true we don't know the cascading effects of increased CO2 and methane emissions, but that doesn't mean it the unknown is apocalyptic.
    • FeepingCreature 10y ago
      And hey - maybe we won't all die!
      • always_good 10y ago
        Humanity could use some thinning out. Unfortunately we'll take a lot of innocent fora/fauna down as well.