Would it? More than half the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was emitted in the last thirty years, and a small fraction of the global population accounts for m

Would it? More than half the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was emitted in the last thirty years, and a small fraction of the global population accounts for most of the consumption those emissions made possible. Many people whose consumption is very great complain of time stress, diseases of affluence, a sense of purposelessness, etc. Going back to the per capita material and energy throughputs of the 1960s by raising consumption for many and decreasing it for a few could easily make both groups significantly better off.