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The problem with us common folk understanding climate science is the problem seems so daunting how do we even start to tackle the problem and a road map that's
by dashmatte 8y ago
The problem with us common folk understanding climate science is the problem seems so daunting how do we even start to tackle the problem and a road map that's easy to digest to get us to where we want to be.
- RandallBrown 8y agoI don't think we should focus on climate change at all. Like you said, it's too daunting of a problem. What we should focus on is solutions to "now" problems that will help with climate change as well. I'm talking about things like smog prevention. That's a problem people can see right now, that can be improved within our lifetimes.
- spicymaki 8y agoI agree 100%! We know what type of problems humans in general are mentally equipped to face. An opaque, multigenerational, slow moving problem like climate change is the worst case scenario category for us. We need to translate these hard problems to smaller nearer term tangible problems we can deal with now.
- perl4ever 8y agoEurope is doing ok with higher gas taxes than the US. If other countries converged that would help a little. People talk about boiling a frog in a pot as a negative thing, but why can't it be used to accomplish something worthwhile?
- Kephael 8y agoExcept that's exactly what kicked off the Yellow Vests.
- stefanfisk 8y agoThere’s A LOT more to the yellow wests than fuel taxes.
- perl4ever 8y agoIs a gradual increase what caused it, or was the problem that there was a sudden increase?
- NikolaeVarius 8y agoI seem to remember France burning
- dahfizz 8y agoIf by "okay" you mean "on the verge of revolt".
- mac01021 8y agoI disagree. You're right that the effects of our actions on the climate are not directly observable by laypeople. And that the scale of the problem is daunting. But it is _critical_ that we fix the underlying problem in the next couple of decades. The scale of the problem means we can't fix it without help and motivation from the government, so we need to agitate now, today, for the government to put a price on carbon emissions. There's even a bill for a carbon fee-and-divident right now. But it will never pass as long as we're all not focusing on climate change. When it does pass, the incentives will suddenly be right for us to solve the problem.
- RandallBrown 8y agoI think the problem is marketing. Taxing carbon emissions for climate change is unpopular because people can't understand the problem it's trying to solve. Taxing carbon emissions so they have a clear view on sunny days is a lot more understandable.
- mac01021 8y agoWe could completely solve smog without making even a tiny dent in our carbon footprint. Why not instead try to get people to understand the real problem?
- dqpb 8y agoSo, your question is: how do you stop a 7.6 billion person stampede toward the edge of a cliff? You don't.
- ars 8y agoYou give them a better destination. Or in carbon dioxide terms, a new source of energy. Everything else is just noise and misanthropy.
- vkou 8y agoYou can, today, dig up coal for $30/tonne. That's 3 cents/kilogram. How do you compete with that? How are you going to come up with a better source of energy - without banning it?
- lexs 8y ago> 3 cents/kilogram add in the costs of climate change and it would be significantly more
- ars 8y agoAnd all that would happen is people would pay it. You've spent money and accomplished nothing. We need energy. All the noise and machinations don't change that. You either have a new source of energy or you don't.