I wonder if the moral framing is also part of how other moral considerations get dragged into discussions of paths and solutions. Not just “Are developing countries justified in using fossil fuels to develop?” but a whole set of things like “does this particular innovator have enough diversity among its employees?” “are the investors sufficiently blameless in their own lives and other investments?” “have any of the people involved said things I find objectionable?” and so on. Because people do, in fact, use these kinds of objections to oppose solutions that would, in fact, be useful in reducing GHG emissions or taking GHGs out of the atmosphere.
I wonder if the moral framing is also part of how other moral considerations get dragged into discussions of paths and solutions. Not just “Are developing countries justified in using fossil fuels to develop?” but a whole set of things like “does this particular innovator have enough diversity among its employees?” “are the investors sufficiently blameless in their own lives and other investments?” “have any of the people involved said things I find objectionable?” and so on. Because people do, in fact, use these kinds of objections to oppose solutions that would, in fact, be useful in reducing GHG emissions or taking GHGs out of the atmosphere.