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> but society as a whole can design urban systems which support low-energy living in even difficult conditions. What's the forcing function? It's already been
by falcolas 6y ago
> but society as a whole can design urban systems which support low-energy living in even difficult conditions.
What's the forcing function? It's already been proven that a global climate crisis is not enough to move society. It's not profitable enough to convince corporations to do it. The 0.1% have no cause to do it; even the humanitarians among that group have much better investments they can make.
EDIT: Also, in the past, living in the north without electricity was managed by burning wood and coal. Given the significant increase in population the impact to the environment of burning all that would be irrecoverable on its own.
- bumby 6y ago>It's not profitable enough to convince corporations to do it. Can policy not make it profitable? It seems like regulation can be a means of creating market incentives. It worked well for leaded gas, I tend to think a carbon tax/market may work
- bilegeek 6y agoAt best, like leaded gas, it will take about 30 years, which in this case is far, FAR too late. At worst, there is no way that anything approaching that sort of regulation will ever fly in today's political system. Period.
- lovecg 6y agoSeems to be working quite well in Europe [0]. There are reasons to be optimistic. [0] https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/02/24/prices-in-the-worlds-biggest-carbon-market-are-soaring https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/02/24/p...