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> 2. At some point in time the younger generation will revolt against their 'climate change denying governments' and just vote them out. I wish. Unfortunately
by perfunctory 5y ago
> 2. At some point in time the younger generation will revolt against their 'climate change denying governments' and just vote them out.
I wish. Unfortunately this is not how change happens. Women got voting rights not because men suddenly voted their sexists governments out. Women got their voting rights because they fought for it. The only thing that gives me any kind of hope is movements like Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion. If they don't succeed, we're all doomed.
- ben_w 5y agoYou’re right to say that’s not how change happens, but in this case I wouldn’t expect protest groups to be effective either, not even if the protests involved people throwing themselves in front of the private sports cars and aircraft of modern aristocrats — the harm from CO2 is equal regardless of where on the planet it is emitted, and there are plenty of places where the emissions can move to if banned in the rich countries. More optimistically, I also don’t think such protest actions are necessary. Renewables are now cheaper than everything else in good conditions, and still cheaper than coal and the equal of oil when you have to add batteries to them. And both the batteries and the power supplies themselves look like they’re going to continue to get cheaper for a while yet. I’m still concerned about biodiversity, antibiotics, and phosphorous — just not CO2.