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> per capita levels The thing is, from the planet's perspective, per-capita or whatever made-up metric don't matter. A ton of CO2 is a ton of CO2 no matter wh
by 908B64B197 3y ago
> per capita levels
The thing is, from the planet's perspective, per-capita or whatever made-up metric don't matter.
A ton of CO2 is a ton of CO2 no matter what.
- Ekaros 3y agoSo from planet's perspective best would be to downgrade living standards of everyone alive today to pre-industrial levels. As that will lead to lowest CO2 emissions?
- no_wizard 3y agoWhy not use green tech from the outset? Really no good reason not to at this point. Its demonstrably beneficial from less pollution to lower overall emissions, and builds up a "next gen" of expertise that will be extremely valuable over the next century, whoever gets these investments done will be in a great place over the next century relative to those who are later to the game, and that expertise will be very valuable (and a huge engine for economic growth). Go where the puck is moving, not where it is.
- dirtyid 3y agoFrom the planet's perspective, climate change doesn't matter. Mass extinction events are rounding errors on geologic / deep time scales. We can launch all the nukes tomorrow and it won't matter in a few thousand years. Climate change "matters" in relation to it being an anthropocene problem, and the only way to make it matter to humans requires using metrics that can be coordinated around.