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I sometimes take solace in that no matter what I do, if I go to the rails 10x either way in terms of my own private behavior, it's not even a drop in the bucket
by titzer 3y ago
I sometimes take solace in that no matter what I do, if I go to the rails 10x either way in terms of my own private behavior, it's not even a drop in the bucket to what 8 billion other people are doing, and what 2,200 billionaires are doing. It wasn't me.
That said, I try to tread lightly, even though, there is really no "treading lightly" anymore. There is no sustainable modern way of life available to us. Even moving to a farm to live off the land and raise animals is not workable for 8 billion people. We are utterly hosed.
I pick up trash and litter, sometimes for hours. I put a little lipstick on this pig from time to time.
- labster 3y agoIt wasn’t you. It really wasn’t. But you will be cursed all the same by the generations that follow, as part of the collective guilt we all bear. Sainthood is impossible in this world; who can do all that is asked of him? Being a climatologist is like being a prophet, in the old Biblical sense. Wrath will be visited upon us if we do not change our avaricious and prideful ways. Some people change, but not enough. The wrath of God still comes, just like it was foretold in the holy equations and the great models. Paradise has burned, the land of flowers will fall into the intemperate sea.
- xwdv 3y agoThe only thing we could really do is eliminate several billion people through some kind of eco terrorism. Would it be worth it, in the end?
- labster 3y agoNo. Just spread anime and K-drama, and our birth rates will drop to match theirs.