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Reducing emissions isn't enough. ZERO emissions isn't enough.
by mempko 7y ago
Reducing emissions isn't enough. ZERO emissions isn't enough.
- epistasis 7y agoAbsolutely agreed. IMHO the only way we avoid the worst calamity is with a good 33% of our energy going to active sequestration of oceanic and atmospheric carbon after 2050. And I think the best way to get there is to have solar and wind and storage technology continue to beat the best predictions possible. But we also need to change the local as much as possible. Every single ton of CO2 we can avoid now is one less that we'll have to pull out later.
- mempko 7y agoYes agreed. People don't realize the magnitude at which we need to change our whole world to get there and how urgent we need to start that change. It seems that efficiency isn't enough because people will just use up more energy. Growth and how we think about the economy is incompatible with what needs to be done.