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>It’s already happening, but it’s occurring too slow. the problem is more subtle than it just being slow. its the distributed nature of it. everyone must reduc
by DesiLurker 4y ago
>It’s already happening, but it’s occurring too slow.
the problem is more subtle than it just being slow. its the distributed nature of it. everyone must reduce their consumption also its unclear by how much, as developed nations have achieved much using their 'carbon budgets' but developing nations are yet to. or should it just be an even percent reduction per capita, what about disproportionate consumption by income segments. now you start to see the tragedy of the commons angle of it? same decision tree applies at all levels including states & cities. in the end you need just a few bad actors (bolsenaro for instance) for the majority of reductions to be offsetted.
the only way I can even imagine it work out in my head is if there is some sort of global carbon pricing & the gains from that are strictly limited to preservation & geoengineering works. I know you dont think geoengineering is workable but imo humanity is good at focused efforts like moon landing & manhatten project. for instance today cost to pull a pound of co2 from air is $100-200 but if scaledup and more R&D (i.e.. more money thrown at it) it can potentially fall below $10. at that point it is at least thinkable in terms of global economy.