The fact of the matter is that the marginal cost on carbon abatement is ridiculously high. All that 'low hanging fruit' has been and will be picked soon. The next step is making serious, painful and costly policies that will curb our emissions. Now of course this will never happen because most people would rather deny that there's a problem then pay through the nose to only have their sacrifices come to fruition years after they die.
But then again maybe it's time that western society adopt the First Nation's 7 generation principle and stop living so idiotically closed minded narcissistic lives where all we care about is whether we get to buy more stuff and drive wherever the hell we want.
But I hear you, **** the Walruses and Polar Bears, and oh yeah **** the Inuit too, I need my power to watch TV 3 hours a day and post on the internet.
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