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In reply to the discussion: Can we achieve growth & equality while kicking Climate Change? [View all]NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)28. "If a sizable group of people..."
Ok, but meanwhile this is happening:
And every reduction makes it cheaper for all these areas to burn energy.
So...where is the roadmap that illustrates that a voluntary transition plan will induce a panicked rush so quickly that we avert 4C+ climate change by the end of the century? It is...faith-based.
I think that we may not be able to stifle climate change but we can improve our chances for adjusting to it and not exacerbating it.
This is more likely looking at where we are headed. I think we are approaching a fork where governments can either choose to implement mass transitions or continue to complexify their economies, ensuring that a bottle-neck will cull all but the most lucky and/or most wealthy individuals.
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It's not the size of our economy, it's our income distribution that's the problem.
pampango
Jan 2013
#59
These ideas can't do anything for the global situation unless implemented en masse
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#15