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The cynical person in me thinks it's because most predictions place the worst outcomes to the poorest countries on the globe, while those with highest economic
by fsloth 3y ago
The cynical person in me thinks it's because most predictions place the worst outcomes to the poorest countries on the globe, while those with highest economic impact will be affected much less. There isn't a super massive incentive to change things very fast.
Also, we can't cut oil use cold turkey, as literally our whole civilization runs on it, including food production.
- mcv 3y agoWe wouldn't have had to cut oil cold turkey if only we'd started to dramatically reduce our dependency on oil 30 years ago. We did some, but it's marginal, while oil and even coal use has gone up. We should at the very least agreed on a moratorium on building new oil and coal power plants. And tax fossil fuels instead of subsidising them.
- fsloth 3y agoFor sure. Also, should have invested heavily into fission power via any method necessary (state subsidies etc).