Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "The Problem with the COP28 Climate Change Conference || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. We should include the externalized costs when calculating cost effectiveness. Even better, we should insure that those costs are paid by those that incur them. Then we can use those funds to build (or subsidize the building of) nuclear powerplants, carbon capture technologies, and medical care for the people whose health is negatively impacted by pollution.
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  2.  @CoolDude-yp9jt It’s going to take time, but in the meantime you don’t think it should be discussed? Or you don’t want to discuss it personally. If it’s not discussed, there is no way to reach an understanding. Without understanding, no consensus can be reached. Without consensus, nothing will be done.
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  3. What’s your point exactly? Is it that you’re going to wash your hands and retreat because not everyone acts for the good of humanity? Or is it that you don’t believe the problem exists because not everyone takes it seriously? Or is it that until everyone else in the world behaves rationally, you’d be a fool to behave any differently?
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  4.  @dominicsignorile9511  Snow is not unheard of in Hawaii. The factoid alone isn’t evidence of climate change. What is the trend? How many snow days does Hawaii get, at what elevations, and how long does the snow stay on the ground?
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  5. I don’t think it’s a waste of time. It’s a progress report, a reference point of how far we are behind the curve, how little is being done, and how detached the politics is from the science. And speaking of the politics, it’s a good illustration of the fact that our political representatives accurately represent our ignorance, obliviousness and our own short term thinking. It’s not the politicians that are failing, it is humanity.
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  6. I still think they should meet. It’s a progress report, a reference point of how far we are behind the curve, how little is being done, and how detached the politics is from the science. If there has been insufficient and incremental progress, meetings like this provide the record. And speaking of the politics, it sure highlights the fact that our political representatives accurately represent our ignorance, obliviousness and our own short term thinking. It’s not the politicians that are failing, it is humanity. The majority of us don’t take this disaster seriously. Perhaps the scale of the problem is so overwhelming that we don’t want to think about it. The world isn’t going to end, and civilization is not going to vanish. What is going to happen is that life is going to get a whole lot shittier for everyone and extremely brutal for some. The good times are over. We thought they’d never end, but we were wrong.
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