Believe it or not, the small handful of people in charge got to their position by serving people to a certain extent. Any substantial reduction in emissions is

Believe it or not, the small handful of people in charge got to their position by serving people to a certain extent. Any substantial reduction in emissions is going to cause substantial economic deadweight losses, which would be politically disastrous. This is why even the New Green Deal only proposes to throw money into projects rather than actively reduce emissions.