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Two-Thirds of Americans Think Government Should Do More on Climate
- raxxorrax 6y agoElephant in the room: If every developing country goes through industrialization without external help, the planet is massively overpopulated if you look at resource consumption. To skip a step or tow in the "normal" development, we would need technology transfer on everything that restricts greenhouse gases. We already could use a second planet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day I think the guess is a bit pessimistic but the trend is true. You can argue all day which country is the worst offender, but that doesn't help. It is certainly not right to place restrictions on developing countries without help. Additionally to curbing your own output.