I don’t think that this is a false dichotomy at all, it’s clearly a matter of strategy and history showed that the wrong strategy was chosen.
For 40 years we are focusing on individual action as a mitigation strategy. This failed thoroughly.
The reason why we have not addressed global warming in any meaningful manner is that we failed to discuss the economic and financial incentives that keep the problem running. And we failed to discuss in meaningful ways the actions that are actually needed to mitigate climate change, namely wind down the fossil fuel industry.
Whenever that topic somewhat came up, the narrative immediately changed to what this would mean for the individual and what the individual can do to facilitate this change.
We failed to discuss the costs of winding down these industries, including how to assist workers in those industries to manage the change. We failed to address the financial impact of turning off capital intensive infrastructure that was built with the premise of someone making profits for 40-60 years off that asset. And we failed developing a large scale technology transition plan, that also shows how underdeveloped countries can improve their quality of life without going down fossil fuel way.
I don’t think that this is a false dichotomy at all, it’s clearly a matter of strategy and history showed that the wrong strategy was chosen.
For 40 years we are focusing on individual action as a mitigation strategy. This failed thoroughly.
The reason why we have not addressed global warming in any meaningful manner is that we failed to discuss the economic and financial incentives that keep the problem running. And we failed to discuss in meaningful ways the actions that are actually needed to mitigate climate change, namely wind down the fossil fuel industry.
Whenever that topic somewhat came up, the narrative immediately changed to what this would mean for the individual and what the individual can do to facilitate this change.
We failed to discuss the costs of winding down these industries, including how to assist workers in those industries to manage the change. We failed to address the financial impact of turning off capital intensive infrastructure that was built with the premise of someone making profits for 40-60 years off that asset. And we failed developing a large scale technology transition plan, that also shows how underdeveloped countries can improve their quality of life without going down fossil fuel way.