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Re:Ditch high definition and new tech to fight climate change by lewurm on Thursday December 03, 2020 @06:11AM (#25287762)
My pessimism tends to agree with you.

OTOH social distancing and wearing masks has shown recently that (most) people are fine with changing their behavior, if necessary.

Re:Ditch high definition and new tech to fight climate change by st1x7 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @06:51AM (#25287995)
The parameters matter a lot though. With social distancing/mask wearing there is a very measurable risk that's immediate to you and the people around you. With climate change your actions make a tiny tiny impact that's spread disproportionately over the entire planet and takes effect over decades - this makes it much easier to ignore.

If people could get infected with climate-change disease and x% of them die, there would be a lot more action to prevent it.