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Just for a second, try and imagine what world you would be living in without fossil fuels in the last 200 years. Would you have the computer or phone to write o
by zpeti 7y ago
Just for a second, try and imagine what world you would be living in without fossil fuels in the last 200 years. Would you have the computer or phone to write on? Would you have the internet to connect? Your house? Your food?
That's not to say it's not a good idea to change this, and to wean ourselves off fossil fuels. But to say this period was a period of human ignorance and "doped up"-ness is an extremely naive reading of human history.
- hnarn 7y agoDescribing the era of fossil fuels as "doped up" is not a way of saying that the progress that was made was not good: it's a way of pointing out that it was unsustainable, and irresponsible. There's no reason to believe that computers or phones could not have existed in a different reality where fossil fuels were used in a more restricted manner, owing to their inherent dangers when over-used. Not only could the use have been restricted, we could also have compensated for the usage earlier, and made less irresponsible choices in how we perform our agriculture and industrial endeavors. The insight into climate change is not new, it's not something we're understanding just now. We just didn't care until now. There's a reason people get hooked on drugs, it's a very pleasurable experience, while you're still using it.
- loopz 7y agoWhen the enemy is invisible, nobody cares until the cat's out of the bag. With climate change, the enemy is here already.