Re:Climate change will alter where many crops are grown
by TeMPOraL on Saturday August 28, 2021 @04:40AM
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> This does not conflict with trying to slow it.
It can, though, so we need to be super careful. It's basic human social dynamics: once someone starts making money from mitigating a problem, they become invested in perpetuating (or even worsening) the problem.
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But when your lemonade stand starts raking in serious cash, you suddenly want to make sure everyone is being given lemons, so you can buy them up and sell even more lemonade.
Re:Climate change will alter where many crops are grown
by chalst on Saturday August 28, 2021 @06:24AM
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I partly agree, but the "super" in "super careful" is going too far. It is OK to take risks when trying to rescue people from a burning building.
Re:Climate change will alter where many crops are grown
by option on Saturday August 28, 2021 @05:39AM
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this can be said about pretty much everything
Re:Climate change will alter where many crops are grown
by TeMPOraL on Saturday August 28, 2021 @09:32AM
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Yes. Doesn't make it any less true. On the contrary, realizing this lets one understand many peculiarities of the civilization we live in.
Re:Climate change will alter where many crops are grown
by meheleventyone on Saturday August 28, 2021 @06:12AM
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Yes but perverse incentives like this are very often neglected in peoples happy path analysis.
This does not conflict with trying to slow it.