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The obvious solution that was available since the 70ties is the reduction of energy usage...
by burntoutfire 5y ago
The obvious solution that was available since the 70ties is the reduction of energy usage...
- qwytw 5y agoOr not starting to use fossil fuels in the first place, imagine how great the world be now... In the US per capita CO2 emissions have decreased by around a quarter since 1970, it's similar in Germany and other developed nations (besides France.. there it's only around 50% of what they were back then). This means that emissions mainly grew in developing countries and I'm pretty sure this was tied with the massive increase in quality of living, life expectancy etc, access to healthcare, education etc since the 70s.
- burntoutfire 5y agoThe West has gone through widespread deindustrialization in the past 50 years, that was the biggest reason for localized decreased emissions (i.e. they were simply moved offshore). It's clearly visible on charts such as this one: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/france-co2-emissions/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/france-co2-emiss...
- qwytw 5y agoSo western countries should have sent their armies to prevent developing countries from building factories and power plants? Refused to trade with them? Given the economic and social incentives at the time (and to a large extend currently) simply reducing energy usage was not really feasible. It's not at all reasonable (and in my opinion largely unethical) to expect people to sacrifice their wellbeing due to some theoretical global threat they hardly knew anything about at the time.