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Shrinking consumption would, but its never going to be pursued as a policy unless the climate crisis becomes so immediate and obvious to every human bring alive
by SubiculumCode 5y ago
Shrinking consumption would, but its never going to be pursued as a policy unless the climate crisis becomes so immediate and obvious to every human bring alive, and by then, it will be too late. Therefore, we pursue the techs and policies that are possible to implement, where we hope that adversity breeds ingenuity.
- mistermann 5y agoWe seem to have become hypnotized by the "blah blah blah" mentioned in the article, like frogs being slowly warmed, sous vide style.
- avitous 5y agoThe problem WILL be solved one way or another. Either we willingly make the changes necessary to render our existence sustainable at current population levels, or our environment will force those changes upon us in much more urgent terms, with the end result of reducing our population as necessary until our footprint is again sustainable. I have no hope that the former case will be the one pursued, human nature being what it is.