If there is an impending catastrophe, the profit motive is irrelevant. The issue...

		andreasvc on Nov 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What It Would Really Take to Reverse Climate Chang... If there is an impending catastrophe, the profit motive is irrelevant. The issue is one of short term (profit) vs. long term (environment) thinking. Saving the planet while still appealing to the profit motive would be great, but if that's not feasible, do we just let the planet go to hell...?

Depressingly, the answer appears to be yes.