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The same is true for any proposal that involves half of the world reducing their living standard to match those below the median.

For reference, the median per capita household income is a little under $3000/year [0].

[0]: https://www.zippia.com/advice/average-income-worldwide/


Just noting that realistic or not, this solution is probably desirable by ~4 Billion humans. I’m not sure the (not less fantaisist) geoengineering solution is even comparable in term of popularity.

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