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> vote for a political party that actually believes in climate change. hahahahahaha ooooh boy, that is some grade A wishful thinking. Here's a thought... try

by ux-app 7y ago

> vote for a political party that actually believes in climate change. hahahahahaha ooooh boy, that is some grade A wishful thinking. Here's a thought... try to convince the average Joe to not turn on his air conditioning on a hot day "for the environment". see how that goes. We are a selfish species that deserves to go extinct. Have you ever considered that?

antocv 7y ago
Its even worse than that. If "we" are not a selfish species, say 99% are really good, and would shut off the AC, say no to meat, wish to ban plastics etc... The 1%, can and would destroy and burn the planet. Remember, BP oil spill in the Gulf? Thats just one. On a global scale, the few hundreds of millions, and of those dozens, are burning the planet, despite the billions who do not. The destructive capacity of the few far outwidth the constructive capacity of the many.
jussij 7y ago
> Have you ever considered that? The problem is not the air condition or the electricity needed to run the air conditioner. The problem is the electricity was generated by burning a fossil fuel and that causes massive amounts of CO2 pollution. So the solution is quite simple. Just tax, and tax hard any electricity producer that is creating CO2 pollution. What will happen is for a short time Joe's electricity bill will go up and he will put his air con on low. But in the longer term market forces will quickly find ways to make electricity without producing CO2 just so that they can sell cheaper electricity to Joe and have him once again cranking up his air con to full. Right now there is no real cost to creating CO2 pollution so of course there is no incentive to stop producing CO2.
- ux-app 7y ago
  > So the solution is quite simple. hehe that gave me a chuckle ;)
  - jussij 7y ago
    The other alternative is also simple. Just do nothing. Then just wait a decade or two by which time it will be way too late and then the world will quickly realise there are no 'chuckles' to be found down that path.
    - ux-app 7y ago
      > it will be way too late it's already too late. The planet is too small to accommodate this many humans. There is no hope. I understand the need to feel like you're doing something in the face of this catastrophe, but we're doomed. The only solution is some as yet undiscovered technology that will reverse the actions of 7.7 billion parasites, who in aggregate are too selfish to make true sacrifices for the common good (myself included)
      - vlaak 7y ago
        Thanos? j/k :)
Dolores12 7y ago
> We are a selfish species that deserves to go extinct. Have you ever considered that? Totally agree. The Earth will handle that.

by ux-app 7y ago

antocv 7y ago

Its even worse than that. If "we" are not a selfish species, say 99% are really good, and would shut off the AC, say no to meat, wish to ban plastics etc... The 1%, can and would destroy and burn the planet. Remember, BP oil spill in the Gulf? Thats just one. On a global scale, the few hundreds of millions, and of those dozens, are burning the planet, despite the billions who do not. The destructive capacity of the few far outwidth the constructive capacity of the many.

jussij 7y ago

> Have you ever considered that? The problem is not the air condition or the electricity needed to run the air conditioner. The problem is the electricity was generated by burning a fossil fuel and that causes massive amounts of CO2 pollution. So the solution is quite simple. Just tax, and tax hard any electricity producer that is creating CO2 pollution. What will happen is for a short time Joe's electricity bill will go up and he will put his air con on low. But in the longer term market forces will quickly find ways to make electricity without producing CO2 just so that they can sell cheaper electricity to Joe and have him once again cranking up his air con to full. Right now there is no real cost to creating CO2 pollution so of course there is no incentive to stop producing CO2.

ux-app 7y ago
> So the solution is quite simple. hehe that gave me a chuckle ;)
- jussij 7y ago
  The other alternative is also simple. Just do nothing. Then just wait a decade or two by which time it will be way too late and then the world will quickly realise there are no 'chuckles' to be found down that path.
  - ux-app 7y ago
    > it will be way too late it's already too late. The planet is too small to accommodate this many humans. There is no hope. I understand the need to feel like you're doing something in the face of this catastrophe, but we're doomed. The only solution is some as yet undiscovered technology that will reverse the actions of 7.7 billion parasites, who in aggregate are too selfish to make true sacrifices for the common good (myself included)
    - vlaak 7y ago
      Thanos? j/k :)

Dolores12 7y ago

> We are a selfish species that deserves to go extinct. Have you ever considered that? Totally agree. The Earth will handle that.