In a world sustained by combustion, even just maintaining the GDP at current levels accelerates CO2 emissions and the rise in concentrations. To stop this either: 1. We proactively collapse the economy now, or 2. Wait for climate change to do it for us later🧵
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Many would think that 0% GDP growth means no acceleration, that emissions stabilize. No. The GDP is linearly coupled to conversions of Earth's crust to the stuff of us. If the GDP continues, we continue to grow...
@nephologue So if CO2 rise is due to emissions why is your graph showing major increases some years and major declines other years?