tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post6736382519805649504..comments2024-03-22T11:58:02.835-07:00Comments on Garden Earth - Beyond sustainability: The Green Growth MythGunnar Rundgrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11869055229248959119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377497904882186501.post-72740081516942702222015-06-29T23:30:08.574-07:002015-06-29T23:30:08.574-07:00In 2011 you had a piece on the "One Tonne Cha...In 2011 you had a piece on the "One Tonne Challenge", which was tough to achieve for those few who gave it a try. Even if everyone on the planet lived within one tonne of CO2 emissions per capita, total emissions would still be over 7 billion tonnes per year. Although that is 75% less than the current total, it wouldn't really change all that much with regard to climate change, since CO2 lingers in the atmosphere for centuries. The best it would do would be to delay the effects for a few decades.<br /><br />With human population levels as high as they are, no amount of growth can possibly be 'green'. Human carbon emissions need to go into negative territory as soon as possible, but that is laughably unlikely without sacrificing almost every aspect of modern civilization. That kind of sacrifice would also mean sacrificing most of the people on the planet, which is not a prospect that would support a mass movement toward even zero emissions. I suspect that dramatic changes in the climate are inevitable, no matter what we do now.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251330546889158364noreply@blogger.com