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What do you suggest we do?

• rdm_blackhole 5y ago
  We need to start reducing our carbon emissions aggressively within the next 5 years. We need to stop destroying forests and plant trillions of trees. We also need to stop thinking that renewable energy will save us. It wont. Maybe in 50 years, but its already too late as of now. We need to stop ICE cars from being sold within the next 5 years and we need to start decreasing our population to reach a natural equilibrium with our global ecosystem. Its time for the leaders of this world to acknowledge that we are in danger as a species. It's time to call a spade a spade and its time to stop having pointless debates about climate change. Its time to act.
  • imtringued 5y ago
    This is too romantic. Politicians invest most of their time in maintaining their power. (even in democracies) Policies are just things that happen on the job. If you can maintain power by doing the exact opposite of your position then that is exactly what is going to happen. The conservative German party CDU gets 30% in Germany because people don't want things to change. The CDU is well known for pretending to care about the environment and then not doing anything, their voters don't see a problem in that, they like it that way.
  • gdubs 5y ago
    > We need to start reducing our carbon emissions aggressively within the next 5 years. Just need to point out that a price on carbon is a mechanism for achieving exactly this. The goal is to make emitting energy sources expensive enough that people shift to carbon free alternatives wherever possible.