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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
At what point does the IPCC stop focusing on the cause of climate change and switch their focus to solutions and tracking progress?
Debating the cause seems to have distracted everyone from debating the solution.
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Uhh.... we TRIED going with "find solutions" before having political support. Kyoto fell apart. International agreements went completely ignored. Subsequent summits went absolutely nowhere. Politicians realized that what the electorate wants is STUFF. NOW. Enacting a policy that gives people less STUFF would be political suicide.
I have been working on climate change issues for 21 years now. We had solutions then.... we have even better solutions now.... but there still isn't enough political will to enact those solutions. Someone recently posted an article about the Germans regretting moving towards using less fossil fuels because of the increased cost. And that is a virtual certainty... green energy will cost more. More cost = less disposable income = less stuff = political suicide.