Can we beat global warming with some combination of sociopolitical changes and todays technology?
We don’t have the technology to stop global warming if McMansions (cavernous homes), SUVs, and suburban living remain cool (status symbols). The long car commutes, resource sucking homes, and inefficient transport must go, but people must want them to go. You can’t force it. Mass transit has to radically improve for people to want to ride it. In some social circles, it is presently desirable (hip) to live in a city like Seattle (which tends to mean efficient home size and less driving), and to drive high mileage cars like a Prius or TDI Jetta. It’s all in our heads. People like Gore could change what is in our heads with the right ads. SUVs, McMansions and cul de sacs do not enhance our quality of life at all. These things simply stroke our egos as we compete with percieved peers (mostly at a subconcious level). Tell owners of McMansions and Hummers that they have no clothes on. Ditto for people who are having larger families because they think it’s cool. It’s all a fantasy. Technology
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