> those with money and power are too powerful and have too much money to be opposed I get the distinct impression some of them are planning on it happening, an

> those with money and power are too powerful and have too much money to be opposed I get the distinct impression some of them are planning on it happening, and their plans will be disrupted if it doesn't. > then we will see massive government investment into carbon capture/sequestration I rather suspect instead we will see massive investment in protection for the politically connected. Look at how things have gone historically in nations in decline - you don't get more consensus building and egalitarianism. Now repeat that when there's no sane nations left to immigrate to, because everyone went hard-xenophobe.