Signs your getting old?
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Cynicism, or, rather, pragmatism/realism.
We're approaching 8 billion people on earth. We are creatures of habit and comfort. I don't believe for a few second, that people changing their ways will be remotely close to the defining factor in combating climate change. People (on a global level) are too uninformed, too lazy, too indifferent. Changing their ways & views is relevant, but WAYYYYY too slow a method.
I recycle, I occasionally take trains instead of planes, I turn off the electronics on standby, I vote for climate-friendly politicians. As a some Swedish activist said, "blah, blah, blah". Will this solve the crisis? It will be a factor, but nuh uh. The informed city-dweller in developed countries are doing something, but that's a sub-percentile demographic.
The solution, if there ever comes one, will be breakthroughs i technology. Fusion energy, fully electric cars, AI, robots, whatever. The solution has to be convenient for people to adopt, and will be one that doesn't disrupt capitalism, who's fighting teeth and claw against all obstacles of profit.
Discuss in groups of 4.
- *more than a few seconds...jagara
- Sorry if this is the third time I write this. I honestly don't remember. Senility is a sign of age, too XDjagara
- Or a virus that kills 70% of the population?Chimp
- This doesn't relate to age but I believe 100% of this.CyBrainX
- $$$ dictates all. As soon as "green buildings" became a money saver and was proven to make people more productive, *BOOM*, it was in every new building.formed
- We can discuss change when all basic necessities are well afforded by everybody everywhere. Until then...grafician
- Anyone want to be in my team of 4? Currently it's just 1.shapesalad
- The simple fact is rapid and ravid overpopulation, fueled by the industrial revolution. Made it pretty easy to stay alive and trash the place up.garbage
- There were about a billion humans up until then.garbage
- https://en.wikipedia…garbage
- We are the virus.garbage
- Don't really see things getting fixed to any meaningful degree, we'll limp on and our children will pay the price.PhanLo
- FYI recycling is a bit of a sham. Instead, buy absolutely nothing if you can. If you can’t, just don’t buy anything with any plastic, ever.nb
- It’s obviously impossible but there are many options. For example, I won’t buy drinks that come in plastic bottles. Only metal cans or glass. It mattersnb