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> Why then is climate change so often framed by activists as a threat primarily to poor people in places far from removed from wealthy countries? I suspect that the messaging arises out of the well-meaning, liberal belief that appealing to the consciences of the wealthy and powerful will bring about a large-scale change of heart in rich countries.
> This is, in my view, an entirely misplaced expectation...
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> The most important lesson of Wilson’s book is that many technological developments that are initially sold as ‘progress’ appear as exactly the opposite when placed within the wider time frame that is usually requires for their unintended consequences to be revealed. Worse still, they also have the effect of destroying the traditional coping mechanisms that have historically helped human beings adapt to difficult conditions.
#AirConditioning #Refrigerants #CollectiveCoping #NeighborismResponses #FestiveCoping #TraditionalCoping
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> ... Western elites have started to forcefully advocate geo-engineering as a necessary technological solution to the climate crisis. If there is one thing we can be sure of it is that the unintended consequences of such interventions will be even more disastrous than the problems they are intended to solve.

https://amitavghosh.com/eric-dean-wilsons-after-cooling/
#AfterCooling #WesternElites

Eric Dean Wilson’s ‘After Cooling’ – Amitav Ghosh

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> Western elites have the power to do what they will, and in the future, as in the past, they will absolve themselves of culpability by saying ‘We didn’t know it would turn out like this; our models didn’t predict it.’ To which any humble farmer or hunter-gatherer might well respond: ‘But we could have told you.’
> Meticulously researched and engagingly written, After Cooling is essential reading for the planetary crisis.
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