They’re also in denial and believing a lot of industry propaganda — because the alternative is to admit they were wrong and are partly to blame. It’s much easier to say “climate change isn’t real” as the coastline rises, and summers get hotter and glaciers melt, and cities and farms run out of fresh water. Just keep electing the deregulators who tell you “Everything is fine! We’re making money! It’s morning in America! Drill baby drill!”
They’re also in denial and believing a lot of industry propaganda
The deniers I know are just in denial in general. Every hot summer I hear them saying “Wow, it’s so hot again! What gives?!?!” Like it’s the first time.
And they say this as Norfolk, Virginia has to combat flooding when there’s a nasty storm during high tide, Tangier Island will have to be evacuated within 25 years, and Rodanthe, North Carolina has had to demolish about 10 houses to keep them from being swept out into the ocean in the last year.
Greed and self serving is our religion and law. We can only act atomized to advance or hinder our own accumulation of wealth and power.
So globally we’re not an intelligent, rational species. Anthropogenic or not, it never even mattered.
I disagree on one thing: It’s not that people don’t care. It’s that they care too much. They care in precisely packaged and calibrated dosages as is fed to them, for what the powerful want them to care about. This or that. Taiwanese independence? Not yet.
So do not blame the people. It’s just that we simply… lost the fight. They had way more money and thus power, utilizing the newest and best psychological manipulation technology to divert, manipulate, control. The big lie is that we are a sentient, rational people and that a good idea or speech could convince people to do the rational thing. But if you have money, swaying hearts and minds is just something you can buy and trade like everything else.
The part you missed is that increased CO2 levels also increase aggression, and you can already see it in densely populated areas. I get to see people run red lights and even running red lights making left turns… in front of PD while they pulled someone over. Or taking a hard right in front of someone running parallel from the left lane (think two lane road). I haven’t see that before.
While China is a leader in renewable energy and building rail. I think “China has done amazingly” is quite an overstatement. 60% of their electricity is still generated by coal, and they are still building more coal plants. They account for about 30% of yearly emissions whilst being only 17% of the world population.
CO2 emissions are still going up every year. I haven’t seen any significant effort to stop global warming. When I look around me, I’m not surprised.
People just don’t care enough.
They’re not immediately affected.
The whole thing about global warming that almost never gets said;
Whole parts of the world that are inhabited now will become uninhabitable.
Or in other words: we’re heading towards a giant economic crisis never seen before.
We’ll see starvation and overpopulation and disease and of course=> more war!
They’re also in denial and believing a lot of industry propaganda — because the alternative is to admit they were wrong and are partly to blame. It’s much easier to say “climate change isn’t real” as the coastline rises, and summers get hotter and glaciers melt, and cities and farms run out of fresh water. Just keep electing the deregulators who tell you “Everything is fine! We’re making money! It’s morning in America! Drill baby drill!”
The deniers I know are just in denial in general. Every hot summer I hear them saying “Wow, it’s so hot again! What gives?!?!” Like it’s the first time.
And they say this as Norfolk, Virginia has to combat flooding when there’s a nasty storm during high tide, Tangier Island will have to be evacuated within 25 years, and Rodanthe, North Carolina has had to demolish about 10 houses to keep them from being swept out into the ocean in the last year.
Greed and self serving is our religion and law. We can only act atomized to advance or hinder our own accumulation of wealth and power.
So globally we’re not an intelligent, rational species. Anthropogenic or not, it never even mattered.
I disagree on one thing: It’s not that people don’t care. It’s that they care too much. They care in precisely packaged and calibrated dosages as is fed to them, for what the powerful want them to care about. This or that. Taiwanese independence? Not yet.
So do not blame the people. It’s just that we simply… lost the fight. They had way more money and thus power, utilizing the newest and best psychological manipulation technology to divert, manipulate, control. The big lie is that we are a sentient, rational people and that a good idea or speech could convince people to do the rational thing. But if you have money, swaying hearts and minds is just something you can buy and trade like everything else.
The part you missed is that increased CO2 levels also increase aggression, and you can already see it in densely populated areas. I get to see people run red lights and even running red lights making left turns… in front of PD while they pulled someone over. Or taking a hard right in front of someone running parallel from the left lane (think two lane road). I haven’t see that before.
China has done amazingly
While China is a leader in renewable energy and building rail. I think “China has done amazingly” is quite an overstatement. 60% of their electricity is still generated by coal, and they are still building more coal plants. They account for about 30% of yearly emissions whilst being only 17% of the world population.
They also produce a huge amount of the world’s goods. It effectively outsources the pollution to them at the same time.
They have also flooded the world with cheap solar panels. Some of the credit for those savings should go to them too.
They are also fighting for the lead on fusion research, while also bringing some of the first new generation nuclear power systems online, at scale.
While I dislike China’s government, what they are doing, is both impressive, and sustained. Unlike most of the rest of us.