Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last...
by goatlover on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @02:53PM
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If the rest of world adopts the American standard of life, that means technology continues to progress, and there's a lot more highly educated people innovating. Given that sustainability and climate change are serious concerns now, I don't agree that it will continue to be a bad thing.
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Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last...
by fmobus on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @07:29PM
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Right, because the thing that is missing that will enable everyone to innovate is being able to drive a 3 ton monstrosity to the nearest (~4 miles) drive thru Starbucks.
Re:Fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last...
by itishappy on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @07:38PM
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This assumes a novel technological solution exists at all, which today is unfortunately still a big unknown. I'm hopeful too, but I'm not sure we can afford to make that our plan.
Thinking about it, another assumption implicit in both of our positions is that emissions and standard of living are directly related. I bet we could address this is other ways. I have restaurants and bars about a mile from where I live, if I could get there without crossing multiple four lane roads I'd drive a lot less and be a lot healthier.
Maybe our technological solutions already exist...