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Well all I can say sorry young people, I did what I could, bicycling/walking to school, work and shops, no AC until 2 years ago (health). A friend and I compla
by jmclnx 3y ago
Well all I can say sorry young people, I did what I could, bicycling/walking to school, work and shops, no AC until 2 years ago (health).
A friend and I complained to many of our peers about Auto use for decades, but all we heard back was "but dangerous". I knew people would would drive 100 feet (~33 meters) to pick up a coffee when they were in there 20s. So sadly you get to pay for many of my peers ignorance, and maybe a bit on my part too.
- bun_at_work 3y agoSadly, these individual contributions don't move the needle much. Like you, I've made many personal choices to mitigate my impact on the climate and environment, but humans are fickle and driven by game-theoretic pressures. If everyone stopped driving, we would see change, but without a law or forcing function, people will act selfishly, causing a chain reaction of inaction.
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoThere are even people who will take pride on causing emissions when you tell them they should not. It's absolutely insane.
- theironhammer 3y agoAlso, Scientists failed to emphasise the biggest threat of Carbon Emissions: climate change ACCELERATION!!! The Earth's climate has changed before. What's different this time is how FAST! No time for the earth to adjust.
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoCertainly the scientists did their best in alerting us. There was just too many powerful people who did not want us to listen.