Greenlash in Europe

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(09-27-2023, 12:01 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I will never understand why the only policies advanced to tackle greenhouse gases are prophylactic.  If you believe climate change is currently happening then any greenhouse gas emission is only going to exacerbate that.  Target dates for lower emissions make zero sense when you're already past the point that the climate is affected.  Why no calls for proactive measures?  Why no plans to reverse what is already done rather than just slow the progress?

I guess the main reason is that we do not have that many promising technologies aimed at filtering carbon dioxide out of the air. There are certain ideas, but to me they seem quite theoretical and hence not really suited to be a reliable solution. But maybe there is something of substance I am not aware of.

Reducing the emissions, however, is an approach where a lot of viable solutions can be achieved. From more public transportation to lower emission cars and filtering systems and green energy concepts and carbon taxes and so on, green new deal stuff basically. That's what I bleieve is the reason, that politics knows ways to reduce emissions, but does not know ways to reduce the damage already done.

Also, even if we could filter the air and bind some greenhouse gasses, reducing emisions would still probably be a good idea.