Originally Posted by
Mesabah
I'm aware of all that stuff, but as we have seen with the failure of the Paris Accords, you can't prevent countries from trying to game the system. Europe didn't even come close to its targets, China, forget it.
Yes. But potential social pressure could circumvent regulatory requirements. Ie people choose not to fly if airlines don't cut carbon. It's already started.
Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Aviation is a probably less than 3% of emissions anyway.
True, but it's emblematic of progress, growth, and success in modern industrial society and therefore an easy target for rabid anti-establishment progressives who seem to set the tone these days.
Originally Posted by
Mesabah
The main reason we have climate change is the lack of available nuclear power.
100% agree. Freaking stupid, we could have a near-zero carbon grid which could power most passenger cars, all trains, and some trucks. Ships and most airplanes need to burn liquid fuel (could be bio fuel).