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> ...particularly when we could instead change the system to produce things with minimal harm to the environment. Hold on, you're shifting your posts here some
by Syonyk 5y ago
> ...particularly when we could instead change the system to produce things with minimal harm to the environment.
Hold on, you're shifting your posts here somewhat.
Minimal carbon emissions, or minimal harm to the environment? They're not the same thing, and minimizing one may or may not minimize the other in the process.
- throwaway894345 5y agoI'm operating on the assumption that GHG emissions are overwhelmingly the largest threat to the environment (and thus human civilization) such that minimizing emissions and minimizing harm to the environment are functionally the same thing. I don't know of any serious emissions-reducing proposals which would actually do more harm to the environment than maintaining our emissions trajectory.