With the fires in LA it’s hard to feel optimistic about the future. I want to be reminded that all is not lost, we need to do a lot that likely won’t be done but there are still things to do.

So let’s say Climate Stalin became Supreme Leader of the World or just President of the United States tomorrow. Whats next? What steps do we take to stop climate change getting worse and mitigate the damage we’ve already done?

  • SoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago
    • Ban personal car ownership unless you have a good reason to own one
    • Ban air travel unless you have an extremely good reason to fly and no viable alternatives
    • Massive investments in rail and other transit infrastructure
    • Heavily disincentivise needless imports and stimulate much more local supply chains
    • Massive investments in nuclear and sustainable energy
    • Strict energy efficiency, repairability and longevity standards for consumer products
    • A programme of insulation and similar improvements for all buildings
    • Make the wasteful lifestyles of the rich impossible by liquidating the rich as a class and seizing their excessive assets
    • Oligarchs, fascists and the like gets shot