Green New Deal

[exploited]

Yeah, honestly, this is an extremely junior legislator writing what is essentially a call to arms, not actual policy. That will be sorted out in committee with, ideally, the help of genuine experts. Not put into legislation of this type.

[Kane]

It's a non-binding resolution. It wasn't meant to be the literal bill.

[Saz]

[Saz]

[exploited]

It seems to me that the general consensus is that this stuff will never be acted on anyways, so I doubt it really matters how it plays out. I agree that it is not a well-written document, but eh, I'm not really convinced it was intended to be anything other than a rallying call for those who already pretty much agree that large-scale action is necessary.

All that said... on this issue, I'm super pessimistic. I have absolutely no faith at all in our ability to achieve meaningful progress on an issue like this. Human beings do not fix bridges before they collapse, so the idea of fixing something as complex as climate is pretty unlikely. The only way we'll act is when it starts killing large numbers of Westerners, and by then it'll already be too late.

[Saz]

[exploited]

I appreciate the pragmatic optimism, but your post has simply reaffirmed my conviction on the matter. Partly because you are wrong about certain technical matters (most egregiously that climate change will be a non-issue for developed economies and that we have the technology to insulate ourselves), but also because I don't think you really understand complex logistical issues. Not through any fault of your own, or by lacking intelligence, simply because you've never actually produced anything that doesn't give a single shit about your logic.

Meanwhile, I'm sitting here going over the avian and insect inventories from local farmers (literally the most productive farmers in the world), while trying my hardest not to look at the soil acidity reports so I don't get depressed.

[Saz]

[exploited]

Armageddon?

[ToddStarnes]

Lol Ex you're on to bug consulting now?