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I find it hard to argue with his reasoning. Temperatures are rising, we know why, and we are not doing anything about it because too many people make too much money from the status quo. We will most definitely not hit any targets that will meaningfully slow the increase of heating, and society as we currently know it will change, and not for the better.

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People want to use the specter of climate change to play politics and advocate radical socialism instead of solving a technical problem. We could easily go nuclear, sequester carbon, mitigate what changes we can't stop. But that doesn't address anyone's political aims, so instead we have a silly proxy argument between people pretending climate change isn't real and people demanding that other people sacrifice lifestyle and embrace their politics. Until we get past that and address the real issues, nothing will change.

> because too many people make too much money from the status quo

Yes, this is why. Not because it’s an incredibly hard problem affecting all 8B people on this planet. Glad you sorted it out!

Hard problems are solved with money and political will. Political will is created with money. Money that is provided by companies who profit massively from the status quo.

This is so absurd. Look at what happens when gasoline prices go up. People around the world literally riot.

Stop placing the blame on politicians and oil companies, not because those groups are defensible, but simply bc it won’t advance the issue: the average person does not want to reduce their quality of life. That’s why.

We know exactly how to solve it, but nobody is willing to vote for collective action to give up any of their cushy lifestyle.

Don't believe me? Try to get a bike lane installed in your city at the fraction of the cost of car infrastructure, and see how many death threats you get. I wish I was joking.

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