> Going carbon free on a big enough scale to impact the climate, according to existing models, requires getting these petroleum reserve holders to give up their massive wealth in exchange for little to nothing, and large developing economies to destabilize themselves to go carbon neutral.

The climate will continue to change even if humanity goes carbon free. When it comes to climate, the only constant is change.

> Poor Indians and Chinese aren't going to give up their opportunity to secure better lives for themselves for the sake of the climate.

Or fall for the NeoColonialist trap of paying taxes to financial markets to "save the world". Instead, the producer nations will leverage their positions as commodities become more valuable.