Capitalism and Climate Collapse
The claims that capitalism is the cause of climate change and that catastrophic climate collapse cannot be avoided under capitalism are as obvious to some people as they are nonsensical to others, but really they are neither. They are probably true, which implies that they are not nonsensical, but their (probable) truth is not obvious. They are not obvious, because these claims depend on four other claims that are themselves non-obvious: (1) capitalism requires economic growth; (2) economic growth requires energy growth; (3) energy growth requires extensive use of fossil fuels; and (4) extensive use of fossil fuels causes climate...
SotA-R-7: Current Models Predict 4Β°C of Global Warming
(This is part 7 of the βStages of the Anthropocene, Revisitedβ Series (SotA-R).) Important Note (March 3, 2022) Due to a fundamental flaw in models 1, 2, and 3 in this series, the predictions for average global warming in this article are unreliable. Update (May 21, 2022) Model 4 fixes this problem and predicts +3.7Β°C. Thereβs no plausible peaceful path to carbon-neutrality. If thereβs one key takeaway from my attempts to model carbon (COβ-equivalent) emissions in stage 1 of the anthropocene, itβs that. Oh, and thatβs it will get hot, of course. Unpleasantly hot. This the fourth in a series...