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The link you point to claims 1.2% of fresh water is surface water, fyi. According to the link, the bulk is in glaciers and icebergs (~69% - nice). 30% is ground

The link you point to claims 1.2% of fresh water is surface water, fyi. According to the link, the bulk is in glaciers and icebergs (~69% - nice). 30% is ground water, which is cool and all, but replenishes slowly from what I know. Not to lecture but write out my thoughts, I feel like the discussion on climate change consistently revolves around who supports or opposes the idea and who/what is to blame. To me, looking around, it’s a conversation about responsibility. I don’t see how, say, having a bunch of casinos in Las Vegas is responsible behavior for a society. Same goes with eating a ton of calories and sitting around all day. And you can say it’s not, no biggie, people do crazy shit all the time. But like a body, it can only take so much before (to extend the latter example) diabetes sets in. At some point it seems like a wise decision to be responsible with our planet and our bodies, collectively. But I don’t really see people willingly assuming responsibility for their actions, let alone their impact on the collective. Oof, especially in the US where the interest in “independence” has a large following.

explaininjs 3y ago
Yes 1.2% is on the surface, but most of that is frozen. Only 0.3% is liquid surface water, as I said. As for the rest, so much of the discussion seems to rest on a sort of cognitive dissonance people hold that on one hand humans are terrible for the planet and our horrible actions must be stopped, but on the other we must do everything possible to keep humanity going on forever. To me this doesn’t jive - if humanity is so awful, let us die and let this astronomically mind-bogglingly fertile rock bring about new life that might perhaps learn from our mistakes. If not, stop all the damn doomsaying. It doesn’t make for interesting reading, it’s without fail entirely speculative, and there’s evidence to suggest many of the youth have become severely depressed by it - far beyond what the “science” could possibly support. A dear cousin of mine recently killed himself before the age of 18; it’s impossible to know all the reasons, but based on his writings climate change terror was a significant part of it.

explaininjs 3y ago

Yes 1.2% is on the surface, but most of that is frozen. Only 0.3% is liquid surface water, as I said. As for the rest, so much of the discussion seems to rest on a sort of cognitive dissonance people hold that on one hand humans are terrible for the planet and our horrible actions must be stopped, but on the other we must do everything possible to keep humanity going on forever. To me this doesn’t jive - if humanity is so awful, let us die and let this astronomically mind-bogglingly fertile rock bring about new life that might perhaps learn from our mistakes. If not, stop all the damn doomsaying. It doesn’t make for interesting reading, it’s without fail entirely speculative, and there’s evidence to suggest many of the youth have become severely depressed by it - far beyond what the “science” could possibly support. A dear cousin of mine recently killed himself before the age of 18; it’s impossible to know all the reasons, but based on his writings climate change terror was a significant part of it.