"We Have to Consume Less": Scientists Call For Radical Economic Overhaul to Avert Climate Crisis

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13. The problem with this line of thinking is that the people who need to

Consume less won't, and the rest of us already do.

When will we see to it that wars re stopped? (Our military consunmers over 50% opf all the gs and oil taht is available to us in this economy.) Or who will stop some of the US Big Bad Black Op programs that contribute (according to Scandinavian scientists) some 15% of the damage to the out of control climate changes?

I mean, us sixty somethings can leave the car in the driveway and walk to the store, but knowing that Naval carriers are still being built makes my walk a lot less satisfying.