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Nobody is suggesting that the Earth itself is under threat. The biosphere will survive but humans, especially those in poorer regions, stand to suffer greatly,
by jgwil2 3y ago
Nobody is suggesting that the Earth itself is under threat. The biosphere will survive but humans, especially those in poorer regions, stand to suffer greatly, and many consider it a moral imperative to mitigate that suffering. The best way to do that would seem to be avoiding the most rapid and dramatic climatic changes in order to give people and ecosystems time to adapt.
- alfor 3y agoThe poor are affected now by our current energy policy. We should save the poor now instead of the hypothetical poor impacted in the future. In fact the climate change policies reveal that we don’t care at all about the poor as we would save far more if we were concern about them instead of CO2. The more you research this the more you will find the whole movement disingenuous at best.
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- beerpls 3y agoLet’s be real, the poorest are only not suffering as it is because of all the marvels of the industrialization onward It’s somewhat ironic to say that we need to stop the systems which have helped so many poor people so that we don’t cause harm to poor people
- jgwil2 3y agoThe benefits of industrialization have accrued primarily to the rich; the negative consequences will be borne largely by the poor. But in any case no one is seriously trying to stop industrial civilization; we are (slowly, inadequately) trying to transition it to more sustainable foundations.