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Reminder: Overfocusing on CO2 and ignoring other metrics is dubious at best. People tend to confuse "carbon neutral" with "sustainable", instead it's not enoug
by goodpoint 5y ago
Reminder: Overfocusing on CO2 and ignoring other metrics is dubious at best.
People tend to confuse "carbon neutral" with "sustainable", instead it's not enough.
Many people described this pattern as a deflection tactic.
- js8 5y agoActually, I kind of disagree with the article, as I see its message can also be misconstrued as a delay tactic (especially the claim that the imbalance is only 0.3%, a similar claim was used with CO2 to misrepresent the magnitude of the problem). Yes, experts who study Earth as a system should worry about energy imbalance. But the general public should worry mostly about CO2 (and to a lesser extent, methane).
- AstralStorm 5y agoEnergy balance is something to worry about on scale of few thousand years, when we start running out of fissible materials and fusion never arrives. Global warming and greenhouse gasses, less than 50 years. If we don't fix it, we get no food, less water, mass migrations (possibly with war) up to extinction events. Problem is solar heat being trapped, not running out of energy sources.
- hulitu 5y ago> People tend to confuse "carbon neutral" with "sustainable", instead it's not enough. They are not confusing anything. They are treating the earth like the brothel treats an old prostitute: Due to your services you will not be raped everyday but only on Sundays. Thank you for working with us. Sorry, I'm really courious what word they will pervert to continue polluting as usual.