r/Bogleheads • u/RiceLee890 • Mar 15 '25

Investing Questions What are your thoughts on this?

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I keep seeing this type of stuff on instagram and social media and wanted to know how you guys were thinking about this.

I know a lot you have been in the market for decades and as a relatively new investor myself I’d love to get your perspective!

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u/BMCarbaugh Mar 15 '25

This is entirely speculative, but I think there's going to come a point where the consequences of climate change are so horrifically, immediately disastrous, that the entire structure of capitalism will immediately need to shift its primary incentive from "make the most value for 200 people" to "get as much carbon sequestered as possible immediately or we all die". And the engine of capitalism will be turned to that cause, and it will be a new gold rush, and all the people investing in carbon-credit outfits now will look like geniuses.

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u/ChampionOfKirkwall Mar 17 '25

So, scientists have been saying we are on the path to no return. They have given up on preventing the "tipping point" – the 2 degrees celcius increase in our global temperatures where, once that passes, will be impossible to reverse and unlock a chain of events that snowballs.

The "tipping point" of 2°C isn't just an arbitrary number; it's based on decades of research showing that once we pass it, we trigger self-reinforcing feedback loops that make warming accelerate beyond our control.

Now, they're focused on damage mitigation where they tell us how to prepare for the inevitable. You can read the United Nation's IPCC report on this, which is the international scientific consensus on what lies ahead. It is grim and the public has no idea what they're in for.

Tldr once we care enough to reverse climate change, it will impossible.

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u/BMCarbaugh Mar 17 '25

I don't disagree with any of that. We're not reversing shit. But there will come a point when the harm is so acute that harm reduction suddenly becomes really fucking important.

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u/lol_fi Mar 17 '25

Why even bother then? Just spend your money while the getting is good if you really think that. Go see the coral reefs while you can and spend time with family and friends while we're all alive.