Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by skummetmaelk on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:45AM
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How is it a dangerous argument to make? Are you arguing that you should be entitled to exploit the world's natural resources by making your children and children's children's generation pay for it? You can argue that, but it makes you selfish and entitled.
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Re:What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
by thesumofall on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:42AM
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No, I’m arguing that by enforcing the use of sustainable options (i.e., “you are not allowed to fly if you can’t afford carbon offsets”) and by letting people pay for it, we will make the poor poorer and the rich richer. We would basically send the majority of the world population back into the Stone Age. To avoid a social catastrophe we either need successful technical solutions or significant redistribution