Because the economic activity which generates pollution and CO2 also raises standards of living and provides for the needs of their societies?

Let me guess, you live in the West and don't need to worry about your family's basic needs being met?

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teachrdan 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Global climate change will make much of the world barely habitable, and devastate crop yields. Those living outside "the West" will far and away be the most adversely affected. Reducing CO2 emissions is an urgent global priority.

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logicchains 2 hours ago | parent [-]

>Global climate change will make much of the world barely habitable, and devastate crop yields

There's no empirical basis for that statement, the people behind it have been making similar apocalyptic predictions for decades that never materialized, their models have no predictive power.

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		Most high-quality climate models have been if anything overly conservative in their predictions and things have been going at a much accelerated rate. So which doomsday models can you point to that have not materialized?
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a456463 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No it doesn't. That economoic activity when done from home, raises their local neighborhoods now where mom and pop businesses can thrive instead of competing in a costly rental market based on scarcity.

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marcosdumay 8 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> don't need to worry about your family's basic needs being met?

So... Office workers commuting every day create food to put on people's table?