‘Magical’ tech innovations a distraction from real solutions, climate experts warn | Overemphasis on innovation and carbon removal risks distracting from main goal of stopping use of fossil fuels, say - eviltoast
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    11 months ago

    All solutions should be considered because we shouldn’t put all of our eggs in one basket, but going the more obvious / simple route, as least for ourselves, should be the main solution. We don’t need to create roundabout solutions that somehow allow us to have our cake and eat it too.

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      11 months ago

      For ourselves for sure. But even if 100% successful, we would still lose Florida to the seas. While the ultimate value of that is debatable, it would still be a slow humanitarian catastrophe.

      It’s about what’ll work, what’ll keep the world going for our kids. Whatever it takes at this point, cake, no cake, all the cake, burn the cake. Don’t care.