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Climate change fact #1: CO2 (and to some extent other GHG) is the cause of climate change. Climate change fact #2: energy consumption is not a cause of climate
by epistasis 2y ago
Climate change fact #1: CO2 (and to some extent other GHG) is the cause of climate change.
Climate change fact #2: energy consumption is not a cause of climate change, except for when it causes CO2 emission.
Climate change fact #3: reduced CO2 emission will not stop climate change.
Reducing energy usage is a losing climate strategy in three ways 1) it doesn't solve the problem, cutting emissions 50% does jack shit, we need to get to 0% emissions and then negative emissions. 2) It's politically ineffective because only some people and countries will actually reduce emissions. 3) It's political suicide because it validates false anti-climate change propaganda. 4) It's highly socially regressive because these dictates demand that the burden be placed mostly on developing countries.
Reason #1 is enough to disqualify the "reduce energy usage" as a climate strategy, but really there's zero way to look at it and think that there's any validity. Please find better sources and stop spreading this counterproductive idea.