Re:Breaching a “carbon threshold” could lead to mass extinction
by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:49AM
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Why is it not tyranny if I go dump a load of toxic waste in your backyard, just because I can because I'm more powerful.
That is a particularly apt analogy for climate change, because as richer countries belch CO2 into a shared resource (the atmosphere), smaller, poorer countries pay the price with the literal destruction of their entire country (see Kiribati).
That is a particularly apt analogy for climate change, because as richer countries belch CO2 into a shared resource (the atmosphere), smaller, poorer countries pay the price with the literal destruction of their entire country (see Kiribati).