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Yet I doubt even these scientists have engaged in radically rewriting their lifestyles to reduce climate impact. If they had, they would have video conferenced
by claydavisss 8y ago
Yet I doubt even these scientists have engaged in radically rewriting their lifestyles to reduce climate impact. If they had, they would have video conferenced instead of flying to Korea.
Basically no one in the West other than the very poor live a low impact life.
In the US in particular, we are really only very good at telling others how they should change. Case in point was the "March For Science" that took place a while back...in San Jose the parking for the event was full of giant SUVs...yet they all seemed so angry.
- 2sk21 8y agoCarbon pricing is probably the only way to effect a change in behavior.
- claydavisss 8y agoDoubt it, most in the West can afford moderate price spikes, and anything more profound will be viewed as job-killing. Indeed this was the exact response from Jerry Brown when asked about more impactful carbon taxation...he specifically stated that he refused to put "10 million people out of work".
- r_smart 8y agoAnd yet, aren't emissions in the US down to 90s levels? Less pollution is always good, but let's not pretend like nothing has happened.
- marmaduke 8y ago> they would have video conferenced instead of flying to Korea that's a good point, but having found a 10 person video conference unbearable, how could they get much done as 86 people?