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Did you notice that there is more signs every year, that we are heading to catastrophe but we try not to think about it and feel like everything will be ok anyw
by lossolo 11y ago
Did you notice that there is more signs every year, that we are heading to catastrophe but we try not to think about it and feel like everything will be ok anyway - who cares? It's better to read what's up with Kardashians instead of facing the reality. Reality in this case means changing the way we live, dramatically, because there is no other way to stop what's coming. Politicians will not do this because it means economical decline, unemployment etc.
On last conference in Paris NOTHING was done. All agreed that everyone will do what they "can" to work against global warming, which means every country in the world can say "we are doing what we can" while doing almost nothing.
- awt 11y agoDid you ever notice the conflict of interest in which government funded scientists predict disaster, requiring more research to be funded? Oh and did you ever notice how all of the solutions proposed give the government more control over the economy?
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- cromulent 11y agoAs opposed to the conflict of interest where the people who make money from the status quo, and the scientists on their payroll, say there is no problem? I understand the scepticism, but if there is a problem with the status quo, that is the only way to find out about it. The people making money off selling oil aren't going to volunteer to shut down.
- Tycho 11y agoThere's other ways. Let people put their money where their mouth is. If AGW is a real problem, then we ought to see certain insurance become expensive or coastal land value decreasing. People could even trade climate derivatives that start paying once temperature rises above a cap or something like that.
- nabla9 11y agoIf you look at the time scales we are looking at, it becomes more understandable. For example, this article that describes the runaway rising of sea level predicts that "Antarctica has the potential to contribute more than a metre of sea-level rise by 2100 and more than 15 metres by 2500." We are dead by 2100 when the sea level is up one meter. It's the future generations who suffer.
- gdubs 11y agoI'm holding on to some optimism re: Paris summit. It's too early to say that nothing was done, as we haven't hit the first checkpoint. In the U.S., the most troubling thing to happen since Paris is the Supreme Court's decision to temporarily block Obama's clean power plan. Given the vacancy on the court, it's unclear how this will play out once the case makes its way up. In terms of the 'we don't seem to think about it' – it's behavioral economics 101. We're very optimistic about our futures, and very obsessed with the present. It's why people need to be opted-in to 401k plans. We imagine 'tomorrow' to be this wonderful place where everything will get done and work out ok. My optimism on Paris? It's a cautious one...