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You also gotta consider the reality that it is pretty clear that our current use is totally unsustainable, and pollution is just one of the downsides we are see
by jmcqk6 5y ago
You also gotta consider the reality that it is pretty clear that our current use is totally unsustainable, and pollution is just one of the downsides we are seeing.
Things aren't entirely good or entirely bad. It can both be true that fossil fuels have created great wealth in a variety of different ways, and is also systematically dooming our future in a variety of different ways. In fact, that is what the truth is.
- notanzaiiswear 5y agoNevertheless the calculation of the article is complete bullshit. You can not claim "not using fossil fuels would save billions of lives" when you need fossil fuels to keep billions of people alive in the present moment. It just doesn't make sense.
- jmcqk6 5y agoBoth of those statements can be true. That was the entire point I was trying to make. It's not bullshit. Both of those statements are true.