Wildlife collapse from climate change is predicted to hit suddenly and sooner

Re:Wildlife collapse from climate change is predicted to hit... by vkou on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:47PM (#22882840)

The problem is this:

What ordinary corporate patrons want is incompatible with avoiding climate collapse at this point. Maybe we could have pulled it off if we started in the 00s, but the cure is going to be far more painful today, after we wasted two decades.

Ordinary corporate patrons aren't interested in higher energy costs, much higher transportation costs, and economic contraction. They aren't interested in getting net CO2 emissions down to zero. Given the two options, they would rather take the climate collapse outcome.

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Re:Wildlife collapse from climate change is predicted to hit... by pstuart on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @06:41PM (#22883987)

It's always about the profits, we just have to make it more profitable to do the right thing, eh?

Of course this may be a wee bit easier said than done. But the first place to start is the "marketplace of ideas."

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