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We already are seeing climate issues. We could have been off coal by now. “A 100 years of coal emissions is 1000 years of rice” By not addressing the big prob

We already are seeing climate issues. We could have been off coal by now. “A 100 years of coal emissions is 1000 years of rice” By not addressing the big problems sooner, we have shortened the window to seeing significant problems. We’d have more time to solve the smaller problems, or they may take of themselves. For example, the population in China will drop significantly in this century. Unfortunately, it sounds like we are lining up our miracles so by 2050, we’ll be at net zero.

idopmstuff 4y ago
Nothing you're saying here responds to the question. Everyone knows we're seeing climate issues. Why does making agricultural improvements prevent dealing with coal? > By not addressing the big problems sooner, we have shortened the window to seeing significant problems. This is true of all problems, not just the big ones. > We’d have more time to solve the smaller problems, or they may take of themselves. If we dealt with all of the smaller problems, we'd have more time to solve the larger problems, or they make take care of themselves. For example, the population in China will drop significantly this century, reducing the need for power consumption from coal plants.
TheRealPomax 4y ago
You are aware that there are eight billion humans on the planet, right? If everyone helped, we'd already be done: they're not. But conversely, it's not like we have ten people and we can either put them on coal, or on rice. We have millions of people actively involved at all levels, and the folks tackling rice have zero qualifications to solve coal, and vice versa. It's like complaining that the folks making bicycles aren't making office buildings: stop being part of the problem by pretending these are mutually exclusive problems to solve and that people should stop trying to solve entire percentage values. 2% is not "a drop in the bucket", 2% is a huge number. We can have different people work on different problems at the same time. By insisting we don't do something in parallel, all you're doing is telling folks to stop solving problems they can solve at an industrial scale. Are you solving coal, right now? No? Why are you wasting time and not solving coal? Oh you're doing something else atm? Why aren't you dropping that on the spot and solving coal? This is not a constructive attitude, it's flat out being part of the problem.

idopmstuff 4y ago

Nothing you're saying here responds to the question. Everyone knows we're seeing climate issues. Why does making agricultural improvements prevent dealing with coal? > By not addressing the big problems sooner, we have shortened the window to seeing significant problems. This is true of all problems, not just the big ones. > We’d have more time to solve the smaller problems, or they may take of themselves. If we dealt with all of the smaller problems, we'd have more time to solve the larger problems, or they make take care of themselves. For example, the population in China will drop significantly this century, reducing the need for power consumption from coal plants.

TheRealPomax 4y ago

You are aware that there are eight billion humans on the planet, right? If everyone helped, we'd already be done: they're not. But conversely, it's not like we have ten people and we can either put them on coal, or on rice. We have millions of people actively involved at all levels, and the folks tackling rice have zero qualifications to solve coal, and vice versa. It's like complaining that the folks making bicycles aren't making office buildings: stop being part of the problem by pretending these are mutually exclusive problems to solve and that people should stop trying to solve entire percentage values. 2% is not "a drop in the bucket", 2% is a huge number. We can have different people work on different problems at the same time. By insisting we don't do something in parallel, all you're doing is telling folks to stop solving problems they can solve at an industrial scale. Are you solving coal, right now? No? Why are you wasting time and not solving coal? Oh you're doing something else atm? Why aren't you dropping that on the spot and solving coal? This is not a constructive attitude, it's flat out being part of the problem.