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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Assuming the other side doesn't get it, or are unwilling to acknowledge something, is not a path to success or intelligent discourse.
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I think you're being too general with this statement. For example, wouldn't you say that flat earthers don't get it? Climate change deniers? Trump supporters? etc.
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By the way, the last crisis affecting humanity (also due to overpopulation) was the certainty of mass famine. In the 60/70s it was widely accepted that this was an unavoidable crisis, would be upon us within 10 years or less, and it was far too late to do anything about it.
Technology pulled us through. Without even breaking a sweat.
In hindsight, many people argue that it wasn't that desperate of a crisis. But that would be wrong. It was real. It was unavoidable. And it was beaten.
I am not saying that climate change will be so thoroughly beaten with some simple technological advances. Or that technology alone can beat this. But I am saying that humanity's ability to generate technological advances - when absolutely needed - should never be under-estimated.
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Neither should the threats and dangers that climate change presents to our species and our world. Those famines may have been put off for several decades, but they very well could still happen. Thanks to climate change, there's a very strong chance that they will. Perhaps not in G7 countries, but other parts of the world are in a precarious spot right now.
I guess I would be more optimistic about a mostly technological solution if it weren't for the fact that we've known about climate change for many decades, yet here we sit with carbon emissions continuing to soar every year, and only a tiny fraction of the world's energy coming from clean energy. If technology was going to be the answer all along, why hasn't it come along further than it has?
Anyhow, here's a great video on the topic that I'd recommend (16 minutes):