The
realities of «limit» and «boundary,» the spirit - educating forces that operate
when one can not move on, or start anew, but must
come to terms with life where it is and where it is bound
to remain — these forces have not deeply entered into the American national consciousness.
People have accepted this notion
when it
comes to carbon dioxide or the chemicals that eat away at the ozone layer, but Jaffe is finding that they are still
coming to terms with the
reality that it applies
to industrial pollutants in general.
When you look at real economics (as opposed to fantasy visions that deep cuts are possible just with a few mouse clicks) and real geopolitics you have a problem that is structured to fail — it requires near - term policy efforts that are costly with uncertain future benefits, it depends on sustained action when the reality is that governments waver as issues come and go, and it requires international collective act
When you look at real economics (as opposed
to fantasy visions that deep cuts are possible just
with a few mouse clicks) and real geopolitics you have a problem that is structured
to fail — it requires near -
term policy efforts that are costly
with uncertain future benefits, it depends on sustained action
when the reality is that governments waver as issues come and go, and it requires international collective act
when the
reality is that governments waver as issues
come and go, and it requires international collective action.