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In reply to the discussion: AOC's Chief-of-Staff says the Green New Deal was about restructuring the economy - not combating AGW [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)on top of that, the ultimate goal is to get to zero carbon emissions as soon as possible. To be honest, its probably too late to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we are looking at a 3 degree planetary shift upward here within decades, that's catastrophic for the political and ecological stability of the planet.
Billions will be displaced, where would they go? Coastlines and coastal cities will have to be abandoned. Arable land in many places will be useless. Agriculture will have to shift northward, towards the tundras, with there thin top soil and shallow bedrock. Hell, some of these effects are being felt now, this isn't some disaster on the horizon. I find the argument that attempting to fix this is too expensive to be extremely short sighted. I would like for my generation's grandkids to grow up in a reasonably stable world, or hell, for their kids to be able to grow up at all. We are, to put it kindly, kinda fucked right now.