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A war economy just gives the government control of more stuff; it doesn't reduce their incentive to use the stuff. Faith in that is essentiañly faith in autocracy.

Proper pricing of externalities would be better.

Non-carbon energy production in the UK tends to be delayed by years through planning appeals as some rich person doesn't want "their view" spoiled.

In 1939 the UK built dozens or hundreds of airbases across the country. No consultation, no hang wringing, just got on and did it.

Climate change is a larger threat to the UK than Nazi Germany. We need to treat it as such.

I, for one, applaud you for saying the quite part out loud.

Eventually, you have to go to war with the humans that don't care. Unlike smoking (where people chose to die, rather than change), you can't exactly wait them out.

Well, that would certainly be an effective way of instantly and permanently killing any public support for climate change related policies.

Don't worry, it will come.