ACTUALLY, SUCH A POLICY WOULD ONLY STOP (PERHAPS) CLIMATE CHANGE DUE TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES--AND ONLY FOR ITS FOSSIL FUEL USAGE. TO BE ALIVE AT ALL IS TO CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE, AND IS TRUE FOR ANY SPECIES, PLANT OR ANIMAL, NOT JUST HUMANS. THERE ARE MANY NON-LIVING SOURCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, TOO, OVER WHICH MAN CAN EXERT NO CONTROL. THAT IS WHY WE DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO ADAPT.
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/06/gaius-publius-the-only-solution-to-climate-change-outlaw-fossil-fuel-production.html
By Gaius Publius, a professional writer living on the West Coast of the United States and frequent contributor to DownWithTyranny, digby, Truthout, Americablog, and Naked Capitalism. Follow him on Twitter @Gaius_Publius, Tumblr and Facebook. This piece first appeared at Down With Tyranny.
I once had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with one of our leading progressive politicians, someone who is on the right side of everything I care about, including climate change. As we were discussing solutions to the climate problem, I mentioned the carbon industry and said, “You realize, fixing the climate crisis means we have to kill the carbon industry, right?”
She (or he) stopped, thought, then said (paraphrasing): “Huh. You know, I think you’re right.”
Why do I bring this up? Because this person, who’s right about everything I want her (or him) to be right about, hadn’t thought through the climate problem to the obvious solution. If you don’t want it burned, you can’t dig it up. That means, we have to kill the industry. There’s just no other choice.
The problem we seem to be facing is this: The industry gets that, and they’re fighting back. But most people who care about climate don’t. So we’re stuck, year after year, with more of this:
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