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> but do you believe the solution is (solely) technological? Largely yes. Technological solutions are definite and verifiable. Political solutions (behavioral
by buboard 7y ago
> but do you believe the solution is (solely) technological?
Largely yes. Technological solutions are definite and verifiable. Political solutions (behavioral coercion) is rarely so, you never know the adverse effects of pushing people to do X. Politics creates too much tension, too much expenditure of energy on things that have little effect, while technology multipliers can be huge. And they lose credibility easily because of the co-opting of environmental issues for political posturing (e.g. the twice-a-month-moving-to Strasbourg European Parliament declaring a climate emergency)
- mistermann 7y agoWith China currently bringing more coal fired power plants online, Trump having a decent chance of being reelected, and nothing particularly awesome happening in Europe, I'm not seeing a technological path forward. Whatever the solution ultimately is, it's surely going to need money, and lots of it, so how is this going to happen without public consensus?