the issue isn’t emissions reduction itself, it’s when systems mistake cost transfer for cost resolution. industrial cost was partially externalized into other manufacturing reservoirs while consumption remained globally coupled.
closed systems that cannot resolve cost internally create deferral reservoirs. they look stable until convergence arrives.

The important nuance

Not all deferral is bad.

Some deferral:

• smooths volatility
• buys adaptation time
• enables transition

The problem emerges when the reservoir is treated as infinite.