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Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action
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Hanrahan slrpnk.net hanrahan@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-03-14
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Scientists who believe technology will largely solve the problems caused by the climate crisis are less likely to engage in civic action on the issue, according to a study.

“Technological solutions are often politically attractive because they promise to address climate change without requiring changes to how people live and consume,” said Dablander.

“Strikingly, we see the same tendency at the individual level, with greater faith in technological solutions going hand in hand with less engagement in climate action. Yet technology cannot substitute for the broader societal changes and large-scale shifts in consumption that are also needed.”

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Amuro_eat lemmy.blahaj.zone Amuro_eat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-08-20
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They’ll roast and choke with the rest of us, hubris or not

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HerbGrower slrpnk.net HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2026-07-09
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Sounds like an attitude of don't worry, someone else will fix it with magic space technology so I don't need to do anything.

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dumnezero piefed.social dumnezero@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-11-27
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I'm absolutely shocked that ecomodernists want business as usual and are, implicitly, conservatives.

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