I love this sort of bold thinking and think it’s long past due as part of the climate change conversation. Too much has been made of technical solutions I think

I love this sort of bold thinking and think it’s long past due as part of the climate change conversation. Too much has been made of technical solutions I think in part because there is a motivation among those who design and sell that technology to view this as an opportunity. Electric cars, solar, these are all valuable steps and we should do what we can to encourage their growth and development. But the harsh reality is that we cannot continue living as we are now. The clear water floods in areas of the US show us this. The dramatic increase in temperate and chaotic weather patterns show us this. We are going to need to abandon large swatches of what we consider prime real estate and it is much better to do in an organized and deliberate fashion than a perpetual refugee crisis which is what I worry we are headed for. These problems are not unsolvable they just aren’t something we’re going to be able to crack with solutions like technology alone. Sacrifice will be required and on a level we’ve never really done before as a species. It will require global coordination in a world where it seems the divisions between us are greater than ever politically. It’s impossible to say whether these things are truly doable but I believe that we are lucky that we are part of an ecosystem that if left alone can self correct. It needs space, it needs time and it also needs us to live within our means. We cannot continue treating our aquafers as renewable resources. The ocean is not an unlimited source of food. We need birth control and family planning to be an essential human right and a free resource for anyone wishing to use it. Otherwise we aren’t giving the planet a fighting chance and we’re dooming the human species.