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A very weird piece of writing that's trying to rehabilitate 'climate doomers' a bit, which ignores a bit of a key fact that a lot of climate doomers actually te
by fzeroracer 3y ago
A very weird piece of writing that's trying to rehabilitate 'climate doomers' a bit, which ignores a bit of a key fact that a lot of climate doomers actually tend to be the rich and wealthy individuals that are causing the problems in the first place. Because they can afford to deal with the consequences of their actions, so they go full speed on doing whatever they can. Both doomers and denialists tend to run the show, so to speak.
I don't personally buy it because there's always going to be someone claiming the collapse of civilization is nigh. During the shortages of food during COVID I saw channels I normally respected swerve a bit into prepperism or attempts to grow natural food in case of food chain collapse.
I do believe our climate situation is incredibly dire and we will need to use increasingly extreme measures to stop it. Executives need to start being punished properly for their extreme maleficence and disregard of public health, companies will need to face reckonings for hiding their crimes and everyone involved at the time charged. And we will also need to accept that infinite growth and the way we're growing isn't sustainable. But I think it's a problem that can be solved.
- FredPret 3y agoWhy do companies need to be punished? They simply respond to what the public demands. When the public demands clean tech, or the clean option becomes the cheaper one, you’ll see lightning-quick change.
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- spacecadet 3y agoBusinesses, execs, and the wealthy at large, all need to be punished heavily. There is still way too much glad handing and brown nosing happening... and Im sorry but all of the "longevity" and "mars" talk is for the wealthy too. Im pretty sure everyone "at the top" thinks two things: 1. It wont happen in our time. 2. Some rich ass hole will solve the problem for us (the rich). But, as history shows, yeah right! incoming barbarians at the enclave gates...
- jonnycomputer 3y agocould be written by a llm. gave me that vibe.
- cynicalsecurity 3y agoPushed to do what exactly? What's the plan?
- jules-jules 3y agoGeoengineering most likely as it’s the path of least resistance.