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And yet, I can get fresh ocean fish in the middle of a Minneapolis winter. What a glorious time to be alive! /s

• saiya-jin 8y ago
  jokes aside, this is mindset of most people - things are good, look my backyard is not burning yet, I can buy so much stuff. I wonder what is the most appropriate course of action - people need to suffer a bit to realize how bad things are and going to be. Comfortable 1st world lives need a bit of a shake up to really change things.
  • justherefortart 8y ago
    There are 7+ billion people on the planet, if climate change kills off 99% we've still got plenty. It's going to suck, but it's of our own making.
• zgramana 8y ago
  Ironically, it’s the daily activities such as flying glorious ocean fish on aircraft which dump huge amounts of CO2 and water vapor into the stratosphere, or trucking them in refrigerated trucks all across the country, that led to this problem. I know you were /s here, but I point this out because there is a huge amount of personal responsibility implied by climate change. Even if one doesn’t believe humans are driving it, climate change is happening and humans have to deal with it. From a mitigation perspective, individual consumer choices have a large bearing in his successful we will ultimately be. People don’t like the implications, though, and either most people don’t connect the dots or are in denial that their choices count. Sadly, this trend is worse among climate change believers.[1] Kidding aside, ordering less fresh ocean fish during winter is a meaningful personal start. [1] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/climate-skeptics-more-eco-friendly-global-warming-/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/7/climate-skep...