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Everything but solving climate change
The problem with realistic climate change solutions is, that they often involve things like "consume less" and "degrowth", to which very rich and powerful people seem to be allergic.
In fairness, the machine can not stop or go in reverse. It'll tear itself apart violently
It also can't go forward much further before it runs out of gas, so... We could prepare for that, but I think we're just going to cover up the fuel gauge and hope for the best
Failure of the imagination and lack of political courage