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Some people are interested in carbon-accounting, others are interested in moral-accounting. What the moral accounters may not realize is that their accounting i
by rsj_hn 6y ago
Some people are interested in carbon-accounting, others are interested in moral-accounting. What the moral accounters may not realize is that their accounting is rarely useful for solving problems, and is often actively harmful. The first step to making progress in many areas is to say "OK, let's forget about trying to find someone to blame".
- ancientworldnow 6y agoWrong. Carbon accounting suggests it's easier to make cuts in the people who are using the most as they have far more fat to trim and you can get dramatically greater reductions in environmental damage with much smaller impact to overall. standard of living This is both the moral and practical solution, it's just not what people want to hear.
- rsj_hn 6y agoWell, good luck with that.
- josephcsible 6y agoNo it doesn't. The problem is that there aren't enough "people who are using the most" to make any substantial difference. This is the same flaw in the argument that we should fix inequality in America by just taking 90% of the billionaires' money: we'd run out of billionaires after only paying a few months' rent for everyone.