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How many more signs does the world need before we will collectively move off our asses and do something?
by xyst 2y ago
How many more signs does the world need before we will collectively move off our asses and do something?
- ars 2y ago"do something"? The whole issue is that each "thing" has both pros and cons, anything universally agreed to have more pros than cons is already being done. The rest of the "something" have cons, and people disagree on the relative value of the cons. "signs" has nothing to do with it.
- dalyons 2y agoIt’s mostly that people don’t value the pros (the thing helps to mitigate climate change) enough, because they don’t care, don’t truly understand how it will affect them, or are selfish. See every thread on HN about EVs - people won’t accept the most minor compromises (cons) to day to day driving.
- decremental 2y agoMaybe when the ultra rich that preach about climate change stop buying islands and beach front property.
- goatlover 2y agoWhat would you have the world do that's not currently being done which is both economically and politically viable? Spray aerosols in the atmosphere?
- gravescale 2y agoI think the question about that kind of geoengineering is really going to be a "who cracks first and just goes for it". My guess is it'll either be India, suffering under heatwaves incompatible with human life, or China beating the sea back from some of its biggest cities. No Western country will be able to have the political ability to do anything like that as a first mover, though I imagine they'll eventually quietly be on the bandwagon if it works, if for no other reason than it would allow more carbon emissions, which are going to be highly correlated with economic growth for quite some time to come. Whether or not it's actually a good idea, I guess we'll find out in a few decades.