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I think climate change is real, but I completely agree with your position here. Big Ag is just using climate change as a scapegoat, in order to maintain the sta
by svnpenn 4y ago
I think climate change is real, but I completely agree with your position here. Big Ag is just using climate change as a scapegoat, in order to maintain the status quo of sucking the lakes dry.
- tzs 4y agoI'm having trouble following your reasoning here. How would using climate change as a scapegoat help maintain the status quo? If we were taking aggressive steps to avert climate change I can see that might work, because they could argue that the taking care of climate change will take care of the water problems and so we don't need any separate action now on water. But we aren't taking aggressive steps on climate change. So tying that water problems to climate change actually strengthens that case for taking separate aggressive action on water usage, which is the opposite of what those who want to maintain the status quo want.
- svnpenn 4y agoThe point is, the blame the problem on climate change, rather than the real culprit. As long as people think climate change is the problem, then Big Ag can do whatever they want, because people wont be looking at them. Also the situation is compounded by the fact that a good chunk of the population don't even think climate change is real. So Big Ag can lobby against climate change, making the problem even worse.