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What if there is no climate emergency .. and we reduced fossil fuel pollution & improved air quality for all, stopped destroying forests, rivers, lakes and ocea
by ashayh 5y ago
What if there is no climate emergency .. and we reduced fossil fuel pollution & improved air quality for all, stopped destroying forests, rivers, lakes and oceans, stopped the massive decline in fish & animal species, reduced drought by restoring the water tables, reduced drinking water pollution etc etc .. all for nothing?
https://medium.com/thoughts-economics-politics-sustainability/what-if-its-a-big-hoax-and-we-create-a-better-world-for-nothing-5ef4a30cca48 https://medium.com/thoughts-economics-politics-sustainabilit...
- whatshisface 5y agoCapping CO2 released may reduce air pollution due to burning, but it won't do very much about the water tables, except by improving the climate.
- lovecg 5y agoThat’s cute but it should also list “what if we kept developing countries in poverty (by denying quick and dirty industrialization that we ourselves enjoyed) for nothing”. The problem is hard because there are hard decisions to make.
- loopz 5y agoWhat was lost then? What didn't we lose? Do you require water to function? How about food?