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This paints a very bleak picture and as others have expressed, I see little hope that this will be addressed. It's clear that the economy (companies) will not
by shdnx 4y ago
This paints a very bleak picture and as others have expressed, I see little hope that this will be addressed.
It's clear that the economy (companies) will not take action because they're completely disincentivized to do so... And even if a single company were to try, it'd get outcompeted on the market, and would eventually have to stop.
Academia clearly is aware of the issue, but lacks the connections, reach, or credibility to really turn attention to it.
Governments and politicians are concerned only with the current or next election cycle, and beyond that this would be an extremely unpopular topic to talk about: nobody wants to know or hear that their comforts have to be taken away for any reason, or that the world is going to end.
Further, none of the above would even be sufficient, as this would require global consensus and action to feasibly mitigate.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoI see lots of corporate action, in concert with governments on climate change and various other topics. I also see (sometimes the same) corporations funding think-tanks and government officials to slow it down, so it's not all rosy, but global co-operation to deal with climate change is a thing. So much so that one of the repeating strands of the delaying tactics is to talk about globalists and communism. And also how the Chinese or Indians will betray us by pretending to cooperate. So it seems weird to say its just not happening when there's very visible clashes between groups attempting it and those trying to sabotage it.
- jacquesm 4y agoAcademia only lacks credibility in the circles of the delusional, and outside of those people are happy to ignore them because there isn't a percentage in it. If Academia would come up with something that would generate free cash while avoiding the collapse of global civilization you can bet that the people that currently ignore them would be all over it.