"The UK government wants to put a price on nature – but that will destroy it" - by @GeorgeMonbiot: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/15/price-natural-world-destruction-natural-capital …
A suboptimal global outcome (slightly higher energy usage, which may benefit renewables btw., and possible financial crisis) often results from many agents optimizing for their local outcome (nice Lamborghinis). The solution is not better morals but better regulation.
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Beyond such philosophical considerations, i am not convinced that the current extreme global (wealth/power) inequality (and its likely correlation with climate change) are a moral issue mainly - but for billions of people simply a matter of mental sanity and material survival.
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As previously stated, I'm still very interested to hear what you think should be practically done - to move towards more desired outcomes in the unfolding climate catastrophe. There is a strong tendency to get stuck in the cynical criticism stage of the analysis & give up ;)
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