Comment on The $100tn path to net zero
Hypx@kbin.social 9 months ago
People need to start accepting the necessity of geoengineering. Net zero by 2050 is a pure fantasy.
Comment on The $100tn path to net zero
Hypx@kbin.social 9 months ago
People need to start accepting the necessity of geoengineering. Net zero by 2050 is a pure fantasy.
PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Do you know how easy geoengineering is to fuck up? And how global and severe the consequences are if we do? Plus, geoengineering is the kind of thing one country, or a billionaire moron on a private island, could do, and kill us all. I’m not saying there’s no place for geoengineering, only that the only reasonable place for it is after pretty much everything else has failed. We really don’t need or want The Year Without A Summer on repeat for decades.
Hypx@kbin.social 9 months ago
And what are the consequences of failing to deal with climate change? At some point, the option becomes unavoidable.
PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes, if everything else fails. But continuing our current rate of consumption and assuming geoengineering will save us (which, let’s be real, is the intention of most geoengineering supporters) is insane. I don’t oppose developing the tech. I oppose using it until we’ve tried everything else.
Hypx@kbin.social 9 months ago
Then you are simply not aware of the situation. We have “tried everything else.” It has basically failed already. There is no chance we can stop emissions in the timeframe desired. Geoengineering is already the only possibility.