Yglesias makes the case for broad based funding for carbon mitigation technologies, and I'm guessing he was prompted by this piece in the Times about spreading microdroplets of water into high clouds to reflect more sunlight away from the planet.
There are certain pre-existing ideas in some environmental circles that have greatly impeded efforts to combat climate change. A legacy resistance to nuclear power is certainly one of them. Opposition to geo-engineering looks to be another one. There are obvious concerns about monkeying around with the atmosphere, but it seems more like the default position of many environmentalists is de-growth and/or punishing oil companies. I have no brief with oil companies, but that would be a knock-on effect rather than a primary cause in my book. If we bankrupt Exxon or not, I don't care. I just don't want the world to cook.
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