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Re:Carbon dioxide peaks near 420 parts per million at Mauna ... by AceJohnny2 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:45PM (#27440538)
It's a great (if tragic) demonstration of the limits of human governance. We cannot do long-term (let alone multi-generational) planning.

But maybe that's just my Western experience.

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Re:Carbon dioxide peaks near 420 parts per million at Mauna ... by mcculley on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:47PM (#27440566)
Even if individual countries or cultures could do long term planning, myopic cultures can harm them. We would have to have a global EPA. We have a global Tragedy of the Commons.
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Re:Carbon dioxide peaks near 420 parts per million at Mauna ... by wait_a_minute on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:32PM (#27441145)
https://e360.yale.edu/features/despite-pledges-to-cut-emissi...
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Re:Carbon dioxide peaks near 420 parts per million at Mauna ... by fallingfrog on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:47PM (#27440575)
The whole political system is designed to deflect and diffuse popular demands, not to be responsive to them. We could design better political systems.

But, if you want a responsive, accountable political system, you cannot also maintain enclaves of extreme wealth, power and privilege. People wouldn’t put up with it.

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