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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: Technological Improvement is the only Practical Solution to Addressing Climate Change

Nobody, or rather not enough people are willing to make sacrifices to their convenience or quality of life or their money to make a noticeable impact on climate change. I am one of them and I am not advocating for people to make personal sacrifices to better the environment. I'll use driving as an example.

Personally, the climate impact from me driving XX km per year isn't as bad as the inconvenience I would experience by not driving those km that year. I only drive if it makes sense from a convenience and financial perspective. I walk / drive / bike / bus when its better for me. Those XX km of driving have saved me a lot of time than if I took public transit, and the personal benefit of that extra time vastly outweighs the damage I did to the environment by choosing to drive over public transit.

This wouldn't contribute to climate change (as much) if my car were electric and electricity was generated by renewable energy. These technologies need to progress to the point that from a strictly consumer perspective they are better than conventional options. I mean as a consumer all I see is my appliances working and my bank account debited to pay for utilities.

Therefore, technology needs to develop such that we can **continue our current way of life** without harming the climate (as much). Whether it's technology that lets us do things more cleanly, or technology that "repairs" damage by less clean processes, it needs to get better.

Now, this is just me, in a developed country, living quite comfortably. If I were in a 3rd world country, IDGAF about climate change at all. I'd be 100% for using natural resources to industrialize and improve my countries future prospects, just as developed countries did. There's no point in dealing with climate change if I'm (or my family) is at great risk of starving to death, being homeless in the next 5 years, being victims of violent crime or disease or (insert problems in developing countries and are not seen in developed countries).
gpt
10 corporations are responsible for 71% of all greenhouse gas emissions. If you really believe that individuals are responsible for it, or should be responsible for fixing it, the brainwashing has been successful.