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Living On a Carbon Budget: The End of Recreation As We Know It?
Lasrick writes Dawn Stover looks at unrealistic expectations and the distribution of limited energy resources: 'This is a question that should move from the fringes of the energy debate to its very heart. Economists and energy experts shy away from issues of equity and morality, but climate change and environmental justice are inseparable: It's impossible to talk intelligently about climate without discussing how to distribute limited energy resources. It's highly unlikely that the world can safely produce almost five times as much electricity by 2035 as it does now—which is what it would take to provide everyone with a circa-2010 American standard of living, according to a calculation by University of Colorado environmental studies professor Roger Pielke Jr. The sooner policy makers accept this reality, the sooner they can get to work on a global solution that meets everyone's needs. First, though, they need to understand the difference between needs and wants.' Not something most people even think about.
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You are ignoring the fact that people are a resource by itself.
Of course, they're the main ingredient in Soylent Green!
to be fair, admitting that science is real IS a liberal position. thus, the supposedly liberal editors fulfill their quota just by not denying reality.
whereas the equivalent from the supposedly conservative editors would be an article about how "of course they think science is real, because their jobs depend on it!"
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