The reporting on climate change continues to be abysmal. The two most salient facts: that there is a huge time lag between emissions and warming, and that total warming will depend on the developing world—are completely absent from the "climate emergency" framing. But sure, NFTs.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1384216535460311051 …
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My personal worry is that we're going to go directly from banning plastic straws to giving the Elon Musks of this world a trillion dollars to YOLO some terraforming idea without ever having had a serious climate policy debate.
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But this isn't about lifestyle choices, it's about if we as a society accept a new avenue of economic activity with a potentially significant impact on emissions for (subjectively) low value gain (not talking market value)
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Implying that cryptocurrency or NFTs has any impact whatsoever on climate is the framing that upsets me. I think it's perfectly fine and laudable to highlight how wasteful they are of energy
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"portrayed as a lifestyle choice" can go on our gravestone generally
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Gravestone text is the final lifestyle choice!
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Are you hoping for a deus ex machina technological fix, or that the US steps up as Global Carbon Cop and enforces some kind of cap-and-trade or similar economic solution?
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I expect neither; I think things will just get really toasty.
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