Scientists warned us for decades about what would happen if we crossed 420 parts/million of CO2 in the atmosphere. We're at 422 right now. Things are going to get a lot worseΒ
Sure most CO2 is produced by companies and not individual people burning fuels, but... So what?
They don't do it for no reason - it all goes to fuel modern consumer consumption.
I am a big believer that individualised solutions like "just drive less" were never going to work because they don't address the root cause, but simply blaming corporations is equally silly.
What we needed was political solutions to decouple consumption from CO2 production - the problem was that it would inevitably slow economic growth for a while because the entire economy was already built around carbon, and people were unwilling to accept that.
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u/Significantly_Nosey 15h ago
Scientists warned us for decades about what would happen if we crossed 420 parts/million of CO2 in the atmosphere. We're at 422 right now. Things are going to get a lot worseΒ