▪ We can convert completely away from carbon in 10 years if we really want to (Ive checked this). Theres nothing stopping us on the technical side. If we want to force a conversion, we can. ▪ If we dont convert completely away from carbon and soon, we will lose the infrastructure that keeps us civilized, settled and farming. (For a start, imagine not knowing where to relocate coastal cities, like New York or London, as the seas constantly rise.) ▪ The only agent strong enough to force this change is ... national government. The free market (unforced change) means no change at all. Hunter-gatherers — todays street people — live in a kind of free market world; most of our descendents will join them. ▪ We need not, and should not, wait for others. Strong directed action by the U.S. will inspire a great many nations to follow — the world is that hungry for leadership on this issue. Nations that wont follow will become pariahs, so long as the U.S. bends its own will in the right direction. ▪ We may not get a mandate for strong action until theres national panic. If people do panic in critical-mass numbers — and its easy to imagine that, in a world where Arizona has no water and South Florida has too much of it — well have one shot at a government-mandated, command-economy fix. We need to take that shot at the actual target — Zero Carbon Now. ▪ In the meantime, we should do everything we can that will help. No waiting. If you think something will work, try it. - - Gaius Publius
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:54:34 +0000
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