A better world for our kids

I realize “politics” is overrun by Trumpists, but I am too new to post this one in PoliticsToo where it would find a more receptive audience.

I am not trying to cause a fight with this. I will probably be attacked for this, but that’s okay. My own reputation around here pales in comparison to the gravity of this issue.

Though I do not support Trump, when it comes to this issue, I don’t care one way or the other about him. This is an issue that transcends the petty partisan battles of our 24-hour news cycle.

While I disagree with the alarmism surrounding climate change like saying the world is going to end in 10 years, we do need to do a better job taking care of the enviroment. I would say we are getting on the right track though. We in the western world are moving towards renewable energy, cleaning up our enviroment, and moving towards more eco-friendly practices.

BTW, I went through your stuff and upvoted a bunch of it, so once you hit the 30 day mark, you should be able to post in any stream you wish

Thank you man, definitely appreciated.

I don't think the world is going to end in 10 years. But I would agree with the scientists who say that we have a 10-20 year window in which to act to mitigate the worst of it. I welcome technological progress, but so far the current pace of incremental technological improvements has not been enough. Despite clean technologies, the rate of total global carbon emissions is *still rising* year after year, due mainly to the economic growth of third-world countries.

As much as I'd like to hope that we're simply going to invent our way out of this mess, we may not be able to. That means any combination of the following: an economy-wide carbon tax, massive government-backed investment (such as what's been proposed with the Green New Deal), and tough sacrifices on the part of businesses and consumers.

I'm all for a lot of things in the Green New Deal, even the more socialist aspects of it. It's going to be a lot of sacrafice for us to get us to GND standard, but I believe it would be worth it for us. Unfortunately, it's one of those things where we all have to participate in order to achieve it, and I don't see China and the third world going along with it. I would say if we could afford it, we should help the third world nations who want to go green get what they need to get to GND standard. As for nations like China who just don't care, you can boycott them. The power of the purchase is the biggest statement a person can make and if enough people boycott, the companies and governments will listen.