That's not how I imagine a total war. The point of "Total War" is that you start making every decision necessary to achieve your goal, that you weren't willing

That's not how I imagine a total war. The point of "Total War" is that you start making every decision necessary to achieve your goal, that you weren't willing to make under a democratic process. If we go to total war to prevent climate change, that means things like: * Shutting down power and fuel supplies to poor countries that can't afford current solar or wind power * Military conquest of uncooperative countries * Bombing coal mines to shut them down * Bombing oil fields so nobody can get the oil * Slaughtering foreign civilians to reduce their carbon emissions When I think of a "total war" caused by an emergency response to global warming, those are the sort of consequences I imagine. Let's hope we don't get to "total war".