What climate activists won't tell you about protecting the planet

Post by cholantesh » Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 3:45 PM UTC

sceptical wrote: post #19

devjab wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember Bjørn Lomborg telling us not to worry about climate change back around the millennium. The main reason was that we’d invent tech in the coming 20-30 years which would completely take care of the problem. I guess he still has a decade but so far things aren’t looking great. I don’t necessarily disagree that we can’t combine growth with a focus on sustainable energy. The green energy sector has made a lot of…

I don't think that is what Bjørn Lomborg said at all. IIRC he said money would be better spent on mitigating effects of climate change. Since you say things aren't looking great you actually seem to agree with him.

Not mitigation but adapting to an inevitable rise in mean surface temperature, because mitigation would require too much investment with too little ROI.

Post by ZeroGravitas » Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 7:22 AM UTC

PeterHolzwarth wrote: post #20

legacynl wrote: post #12

I don't like this article because it is basically a strawman argument. The writer tries to argue a point that nobody is making. Climate activists aren't suggesting we should stop 'growth and development'. Climate activists want governments to pass effective climate regulations. There will always be dumb/uninformed/ignorant people out there. some of them will call themselves climate activists and ask you a dumb questi…

I see the word "degrowth" a couple times a week now - I don't think it's a strawman argument.

The "degrowth" phrase annoys me too, but if you read what they actually say it's usually along the lines of "GDP is a crappy measure of societal progress we need to realign society along different lines to ensure we're making more people happier not just enabling "line go up"".

Re: What climate activists won't tell you about protecting the planet

Re: What climate activists won't tell you about protecting the planet