> This is something that's both true and untrue. On the face of it, it's absolutely true. But what are governments, really? They're a reflection of the people they govern.
This is a pretty naive assumption. There's a pretty huge divergence in what the voting public wants and what governments actually do. For example, the US voting public overwhelmingly wants cannabis legalization, and that is not even remotely a legislative priority. It's delusional to think the government is going to act on the desires of the voting public for something as economically significant as carbon emissions.
> I've long held the view that we'll only have a solution to climate change when it becomes economic to do so.
It'll only be obviously economic to act long after the damage is done, this is the problem. We had enough trouble rallying the government for something as short-term and obvious as covid, good luck showing those with huge political power and vested interests in the status quo that their short term interests are going to be a disaster in a few decades.
This is a pretty naive assumption. There's a pretty huge divergence in what the voting public wants and what governments actually do. For example, the US voting public overwhelmingly wants cannabis legalization, and that is not even remotely a legislative priority. It's delusional to think the government is going to act on the desires of the voting public for something as economically significant as carbon emissions.
> I've long held the view that we'll only have a solution to climate change when it becomes economic to do so.
It'll only be obviously economic to act long after the damage is done, this is the problem. We had enough trouble rallying the government for something as short-term and obvious as covid, good luck showing those with huge political power and vested interests in the status quo that their short term interests are going to be a disaster in a few decades.