> We simply need to make significant reductions in CO2 output

Gee, I wonder why no one's thought about that except you.

Maybe because it's actually incredibly difficult to do

It's not difficult, we know what to do, and we know how to do it. We simply don't want to do it.

It's incredibly difficult in the same sense that it's "incredibly difficult" for a teenager to clean their bedroom. They could do it, and they will if forced to, but they'll drag their feet as much as possible.

	▲	vouaobrasil 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		That is right. Worldwide quarantine was also an even more difficult task in some ways if you really think about it but the world was much better at that (even if some countries lagged behind) because there was an immediate pain felt, not unlike a parent threatening the immediate revocation of priveleges. With climate change, there is no such immediate threat to the average high-consumption individual.

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vouaobrasil 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

A rather sarcastic reply, but I never intended to be original nor surprising. I'm afraid I had to point out the obvious, and for that I apologize as it is almost painful, but the OP statement of "people are working on it" is also equally painful in how obviously ineffectual it is.

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literalAardvark 7 days ago | parent [-]

It's ineffectual because the task is impossible under current governance. We'll need to hit rock bottom before anything moves, because all the systems we have in place work against any economically hurtful policies.

	▲	vouaobrasil 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well that is true. No argument there. We do need to hit rock bottom, because humans only respond to immediate pain. We are too stupid to collectively work together.