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Originally Posted by Ashartus
The same can be said about a lot of other countries. Or you can take it to the individual level and say my personal emissions are negligible and decreasing them has no effect so why should I do it? If everyone takes that position, then nothing will be done. Emissions reduction needs to be done collectively, with everyone doing their share. That's why we have international agreements on climate change (even if the current ones are IMO poorly designed).
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And I get that but isn't there some threshold like X amount ppm CO2 in our atmosphere or the 2% warming of the climate that scientists are calling our point of no return? These amounts will be hit for sure, because you aren't going to convince India and China that they shouldn't be able to have first world comforts for their population.
So instead of us starving in the dark and facing climate change consequences anyways, I think a better approach is to strive for a healthy economy so that we have funds to build sea walls around Vancouver and reinforce our highways against mudslides (two random made -up examples).