[freebeard]

Originally Posted by aerohead

1) Between 1750 and 2000, humans have put 2- Quadrillion-pounds of carbon into the atmosphere.
2) Between 1983 and 2018, USA economic costs, attributed to extreme weather events was $ 1.5-Trillion ( $ 41.666-Billion/year ).
3) At 'business as usual', David Wallace-Wells, New America Foundation, estimates $ 600-Trillion in losses by 2100.
4) In 2021 dollars, Direct Carbon Capture and Sequestration is estimated to run $ 5- Trillion/year, for 79-years ( $395-Trillion ) to reduce atmospheric carbon down to the 350ppm target.

xkcd.com/2610/

5) We were given the 'ounce of prevention' in 1958.

We could've adopted geodesic domes and reverse tricycles in the 1970s -- We collectively chose not to. You can see the result today.

Originally Posted by DDG

https://www.nytimes.com › 1975 › 07 › 06 › archives › bucky-fuller-and-the-final-exam-to-be-against-technology-is-to-be.html
Bucky Fuller and the Final Exam - The New York Times
6 Jul 1975
"Up to now we have been permitted ignorance. We have been permitted selfishness. With selfishness to drive us, with technology exploited solely to make money, we have managed during my lifetime to...

Originally Posted by aerohead

7) I share no optimism in innovation and technological prowess.

I lament it's
1)absence
2)dearth
3)inadequacy
4)paucity
5)shortage
6)shortfall
7)abridgement
8)deficit
9)exiguity