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by port11 3 hours ago
This is cute because it ignores the part where a single American citizen has the carbon footprint of, like, 8 Nigerians.

And, of course, it’s even cuter because we ignore the part where most pollution is caused by corporations refusing to adopt more sustainable ways to do business, which would be ‘too expensive’.

We have enough models showing how we could very well survive a climate catastrophe, largely with cleaner energy, better business approaches, and the rich nations eating less meat; among many other things, of course.

Drawdown goes into a lot of detail. Some of the measures are even economically positive, if not politically so.