Herb, thanks for the further explanation.
David, the two statements are totally consistent. Your confusion is
unsurprising, you're reflecting the current Western neoliberal
neoclassical worldview. But it's run its course and we all need to
recognise that and move on Not doing so will just bring the system
collapse forward..
Regards
Robert
On 08/04/2023 17:32, H simmens wrote:
Another way to articulate what Robert said is to quote Keynes:
“Anything we can actually do we can afford.”
Economics can help guide us on the most resource sparing means to
achieve a goal, but the setting of the goal is inherently value based
and politically mediated.
It seems that there are at least three possible goals with respect to
the climate crisis:
Our current goal - Avoid the worst impacts by limiting temperature
increases to well below 2° C by 2100 even if we temporarily exceed
that goal-
Avoid the activation of tipping points by limiting temperature
increases to well below 2° at all times by shaving peak temperatures
Restoring a healthy climate by limiting temperature increases to well
below 1° C
Herb
Herb Simmens
Author A Climate Vocabulary of the Future
@herbsimmens
On Apr 8, 2023, at 9:13 AM, David desJardins <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 4:59 AM Robert Chris <[email protected]>
wrote:
David, no matter what the goal may be, it is always economically
realistic.
So long as global warming is mediated through an economic lens,
the likelihood of a happy ending is pretty remote.
I'm confused. Don't these two statements contradict one another?
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