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TLDR: Technology will magically solve all of our problems. It also oddly mixes social justice and enviromentalism? Also: take the example of the Ozone layer t
by thunfischtoast 2y ago
TLDR: Technology will magically solve all of our problems.
It also oddly mixes social justice and enviromentalism?
Also: take the example of the Ozone layer that the author mentions. It did not magically repair itself, but because the global nations got its stuff together and actually did something about it. Imagine HCFCs would have been handled like we handle CO2 today: not with legislation banning it with a definitive end date, but by putting some kind of low tax on it that might rise in the future, but maybe not.
I don't know, I understand the point that the autor tries to make, but it all feels not thought through to the end.
- devjab 2y agoI remember Bjørn Lomborg telling us not to worry about climate change back around the millennium. The main reason was that we’d invent tech in the coming 20-30 years which would completely take care of the problem. I guess he still has a decade but so far things aren’t looking great. I don’t necessarily disagree that we can’t combine growth with a focus on sustainable energy. The green energy sector has made a lot of money the past 20 years and will continue to do so. Not enough to make sure the planet remains friendly to humans by any means, but we’re not going to do that are we?
- sceptical 2y agoI don't think that is what Bjørn Lomborg said at all. IIRC he said money would be better spent on mitigating effects of climate change. Since you say things aren't looking great you actually seem to agree with him.
- cholantesh 2y agoNot mitigation but adapting to an inevitable rise in mean surface temperature, because mitigation would require too much investment with too little ROI.