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i mostly agree with you, especially that 'the challenge is to return to harmony with nature while still enjoying the benefits of science and technology' vaclav's 10% goal is obviously not enough. we need to be able to capture more like 150% of current co₂ emissions, not 10%. his argument is very weak, though, so weak that he can't possibly be expecting to convince anyone who doesn't already agree with him; his argume…
Even if Smil is a goober telling just-so stories for fun, it still makes sense to try to reduce pollution, and we can also spin up a new global industry to clean the sky.
yes, i definitely agree there