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Why is that absurd? Unless you believe for some reason that there's no safe level of CO2 emissions?
by khuey 7y ago
Why is that absurd? Unless you believe for some reason that there's no safe level of CO2 emissions?
- XorNot 7y agoThere literally isn't. Fossil fuels are CO2 which was removed millions of years ago, and took millions of years to sequester. Any rate of active fossil fuel burning above the tiniest of baselines is going to be a net CO2 contributor. But perhaps more importantly: why would fewer people, with the same amount of resources to share, not simply use more of them? Most efficiency improvements have been driven by rising prices due to rising demand, not awareness of climate change. EDIT: Worth noting, this is also materially different to the extraction of fossil fuels for other purposes - like plastic.