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It's equivalent to "for no reason" not to "for no cost"
It would cost far more to not address the issue.
But the man in the comic assumes there is no issue at play.
No, it's making fun of that assumption.
So, you don't believe those things are worth the cost, absent the threat of climate change?
What conversation are we having?
You think preventing climate change is more expensive than not preventing climate change? That's an interesting point of view. I'm not sure the facts agree with you.
Wildfires that burn down houses and gigantic forests every summer, massive storms that take out coastal cities, that kind of stuff tends to have an expensive price tag attached to it.
It's easy to forget, but the most effective first step for individuals who want to prevent climate change is: Reduce. And that costs nothing at all. It actually saves money. Of course there are many other things that ought to be done as well, but let's keep in mind the starting point.
So you’re saying our economy is a pyramid scheme based on a flawed system?
It’s basically exactly what you said.
Let’s depopulate the planet and rebuild the economy to healthy and sustainable levels!
I like your thinking.
You think consuming less would stop the economy dead in it's tracks. And ... Is that a bad thing? As we know, "economy" means "rich people's yachts".
And just as obviously, reducing consumption is not binary. There's no way to go to zero, nor would anyone seriously propose it. But anyway, with an increasing population and limited global resources, it's inevitable that people will have to reduce at some point, so the disaster you hypothesize would strike us anyway. And in that case, gradual change now is better than catastrophic change later.
Reusing? I thought we were talking about reducing. And I don't think anyone is talking about reversing.
Whoosh.
More expensive for the rich, yes. The rest of us want to stop having to pay for things we don't want through degrading our surrounding environment.