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Everything you named is a drop in a huge bucket. Drive electric? Stopping climate change would require massive infrastructure changes at this point. How about
by BlargMcLarg 4y ago
Everything you named is a drop in a huge bucket.
Drive electric? Stopping climate change would require massive infrastructure changes at this point. How about no car at all? Creating and improving that infrastructure takes decades.
Same goes for other things. Imports vs eating seasonal and buying local. Frequent (transatlantic) flights vs staying at home. More frugality with what we have, less frequent changes in tech, clothing, household products, etc.
People try to hold onto the status quo for dear life, not realizing that's the very thing keeping us from solving the issue. Or any future issue we can't just get a few scientists to solve for the lazy masses.
- adrianN 4y agoElectricity, heat, and transport is about 70% of our emissions. Another 20% or so is agriculture. We can get rid of the 70% without any change to our lifestyles at all.
- blfr 4y agoI don't think eliminating electricity, heating, and transport would have no impact on my lifestyle. Or anyone's lifestyle.
- adrianN 4y agoHow about replacing fossil fuels with carbon free fuels. You know, like everyone who is talking seriously about climate change is proposing, instead of the strawman of going back to the stone age?
- _ph_ 4y agoWe don't have to eliminate electricity, heating and transport. All these things can be powered by renewables. Quite the contrary, as the long term costs of renewables are lower, we can raise our living standards, if we push them forward quickly.
- juve1996 4y ago> Drive electric? Stopping climate change would require massive infrastructure changes at this point. How about no car at all? Creating and improving that infrastructure takes decades. You act like gas stations came before cars - they didn't. As more electric cars enter the market demand for charging increases and the market responds. It won't take decades. The world transformed itself so quickly the last 100 years it seems dubious to think with all of our advances we can't advance quickly now.