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Ehh, technology has saved us every other time. We technically even have the technology today but have limited political will. When it becomes a critical we'll solve it then or deploy enough stop gaps to get us back to being ok again.

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This is why I'm not really concerned about climate change. In fact, it strikes me that the replacement energy technologies have existed for some time, but have been artificially held back in order to prolong the age of oil which benefits a lot of powerful people. Once their power is actually substantively threatened by climate change, they'll do what's necessary.

Ecosystems take a long time to recover. Meanwhile millions die and fight wars over scraps. It means a new dark age, at best.

They just need to slowly shift their assets over. Rich institutions gonna be rich. Like Marijuana it will only become legal once the tax and license framework is sorted to ensure the top brokers of wealth keep that wealth.

What do you mean saved us every time in the past ? We have never faced a problem like climate change. Its the first time we've been so advanced as a species that we can destroy our environment from over consumption. Historically the problems revolved around being unable to produce enough for our needs. Technology is an incredible force for good, but this is a new problem and theres no guarantee that it "saves" us

> get us back to being ok again

For some definition of "us".

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