this is what I believe is going to happen: survival of the richest.

Sure, we are pushing for renewable energies and some countries are even pushing for net zero emissions, but stats don’t lie and we are still warming the world much faster than before ww2 (see picture) and most politicians seem to enjoy burying their heads in the sand, because its what their voters want. Where I live politicians talk about carbon sequestering and hydrogen cars, for example, but its always for an interview, with no follow up whatsoever.

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I’m not claiming authoritarian countries are better just for being authoritarian, they also need growth not to risk social unrest and their elites also want to get rich.

Oil dependency seems not to be anywhere near of being reduced and in some countries like the US and I’m assuming the oil producing countries there is simply no political will, because their budget depends on it. For maga gas means identity.

Some countries are heading in the right direction, more EVs are being produced and pushing for net zero, but it’s a very slow transition that won’t save the planet and I’m not even sure these countries represent most of the human population.

We are simply too many and too greedy: everyone wants to consume.

It is completely unrealistic to expect humans not to be greedy, or to subscribe to left leaning philosophies of human love, human rights, the right to a home or distribution of wealth. In the end we all are monkeys, more now than ever, given how the far right has become so mainstream. It is simply what people want.

So the rich ones, the one who can afford air conditioning, not to rent, an electric vehicle and to relocate to areas where global warming is mitigated will do that, whereas most of the rest will have to bear the brunt of falling social services, even hotter heatwaves, poorer air and drier parks, and surviving instead of living.

If you feel I’m wrong, kindly prove it to me.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    It’s perfectly possible, it just requires the downfall of imperialism as committed by the west at mass scale, and the adoption of renewables and smarter city planning, combatting desertification, etc. as seen in countries like China.