Thread by @SteB777

I respect @hausfath's work on carbon calculations. However, I think it is fair to challenge is perception of the solutions. I do this as positive criticism in the hope he will re-assess his perception of the solutions to the problem.

https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1446148724292415490

The essential trouble with his suggested solution is summed up with "cost-effective mature tech", as if this is the whole solution to the problem, and yet Zeke wonders why people aren't agreeing with him on this.

When dealing with a problem as serious as the climate and ecological crisis, the sustainability crisis, you need solutions which will avert an avoidable catastrophe, not just "cost-effective" solutions. This is not a crisis where a partial solution is appropriate.

An unsustainable system is one which will collapse. There is no such thing as partial sustainability. The crisis and possible consequences are so serious, that only full solutions will avert catastrophe.

There is a danger in such a serious situation, that thinking you have a solution to the problem, when you have only a partial solution, which will not stop the overall catastrophe, will stop people seeing the necessary solutions.

I have challenged @hausfath about this before, because he only looks at the problem from the climate perspective, and not the wider ecological and sustainability crisis, which is at least as serious as the climate component.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

The UN has now started to acknowledge that we need solutions for the whole ecological and sustainability crisis, not just the climate component. That we need solutions that address all. So it is not just my opinion.
un.org/sustainabledev…

In the words of Sir Robert Watson former chair of the @IPCC_CH and @IPBES

"We cannot solve the threats of human-induced climate change and loss of biodiversity in isolation. We either solve both or we solve neither."

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is the mini-thread of tweets I made in response to @hausfath's tweet.

https://twitter.com/SteB777/status/1446151191012986884

I am actually trying to assist @hausfath in understanding why some may not agree with his approach, and it is nothing to do with ideology or science denial. As I demonstrate here, it is not just me saying we need solutions to address the whole problem, not just part of it.

My impression is that Zeke thinks if we just use partial solutions, we are on the way to addressing the whole problem. Problem solving doesn't work like that. Your partial solutions might make the whole problem much worse.

This is why I highlighted this here. You must look at the whole problem in a serious and complex problem like this, not just the part of it that is of personal interest to yourself.

https://twitter.com/SteB777/status/1446151191012986884

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