Reply #1: "scale back overconsumption"

[Gregorian]

What we have become accustomed to as "normal", is actually an extreme. It's not quite that simple. In small numbers we could have gotten away with more consumption than we can now that there are 7.000.000.000 people on the planet. This, is what is going to be the biggest chore, and the one with the quickest and most significant result.

And this is why it's going to be next to impossible, if not impossible, to solve the problem of global warming. Like I've said many times on this forum, and as much as it sounds disingenuous, who is going to stop taking warm showers? India and China are just starting to enjoy the fruits of modern living.

We'll see... We've got to start somewhere. And I appreciate Klein's sense of urgency. She gets high praise from this reader.