Nothing less than zero carbon output will do! In order to save the planet, capitalism, and it’s attending industrial output, must be stopped.
…it would require the world to cease carbon emissions altogether within a matter of decades. ~washingtonpost.com
Uh huh.
“The question is, what if we don’t want the Earth to warm anymore?” asked Carnegie Institution senior scientist Ken Caldeira, co-author of a paper published last week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. “The answer implies a much more radical change to our energy system than people are thinking about.”
What are we talking about? The proponents want dictatorial powers to combat this global emergency. What’s necessary is the ‘political will’.
For now, at least, a goal of zero emissions appears well beyond the reach of politicians here and abroad.