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What worries me is the current trend of thinking we are all powerless against the mighty climate and that the only way we can survive is to aim for less and low
by thepangolino 6y ago
What worries me is the current trend of thinking we are all powerless against the mighty climate and that the only way we can survive is to aim for less and lower or collective standard of living.
- makerofspoons 6y agoIf there were reasonable technologies on the immediate horizon for carbon capture then there might be an argument that our present consumption could be sustained while mitigating climate change. Unfortunately we have no such technology and we are not appropriately funding efforts that could get us there.
- rtx 6y agoPresent consumption can be sustained by switching to nuclear.
- triceratops 6y agoI object to the idea that a lower-carbon lifestyle is necessarily a lower standard of living. A lot of of our carbon emissions come from doing things that aren't even good for us or actively make us unhappy: long car commutes, excessive meat consumption, buying too much cheap stuff.