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Im 40 now and when I was still in highschool anyone with a brain knew EXACTLY what was going on and what was going to happen. As a kid I was ANGRY. ANGRY that
by kylebenzle 3y ago
Im 40 now and when I was still in highschool anyone with a brain knew EXACTLY what was going on and what was going to happen.
As a kid I was ANGRY. ANGRY that people just would not stop destroying my planet. I was angry for a long time. I would tell people facts, like that 95% (now 98%) of large sharks were gone and people would say, "do you have any idea how BIG the ocean is?..."
Anyway, 20+ years went by, nothing changed, people still won't stop driving (actually they all traded in for cars that do MORE environmental damage but go SUPER fast and make them feel good). We praise billionairs like Elon and Taylor swift who are doing more damage than like 100 million people combined, yet they are heroes to many.
That is, at this point I say either let it burn or we'll burn it down ourselves, either way, good riddance.
- blastonico 3y agoI built my house with a good HVAC system. It's always 22C in Campinas to me. Hehe thanks
- kranke155 3y agoTypical middle to upper class Brazilian mentality. I got mine, who cares if the world burns? I can’t save it. I don’t blame you, the mess Brazil is in seems irresolvable. But this sentence is deeply low in empathy. Source: am Brazilian
- blastonico 3y agoExactly! I simply don't care. Brazilians are corrupt in its essence, government and justice are just a direct reflection of ourselves. In fact, 300k years of history of hypocrisy. Earth will be better off without us here. I just want to see the world burn, but in a 22C room with a big screen as long as possible.
- kranke155 3y agoCareful you get what you wish for.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoWhy would you have any empathy? Last few years I actually felt a bit of pride in my nationality but that's gone now. All that's left is a crushing hopelessness. Daniel Plainview mode is the only reasonable way to live as a brazilian. You just want to make enough money and get away from everyone, get away from the society that disgusts you.
- kranke155 3y agoWhat a lovely ending Plainview had. There are many ways to live with tragedy. Becoming a cynic is just one of them.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoLovely indeed. Much better fate than what the vast majority of brazilians will ever experience.
- hh3k0 3y agoI wonder, does your HVAC system work without power? Considering that any electric grid might just collapse when everyone flips on their air conditioning in 49 °C heat?
- blastonico 3y agoI have a solar cell grid system barely auto sufficient in power generation. Brazil does great in solar radiation, I'm only not 100% off grid yet because my wife have an EV.
- taylodl 3y agoIt's not just increased demand. The typical power generator is a heat engine and an important part of heat engines is cooling. In the case of electric power generation you need to condense the steam back to water. You need water below a certain temperature in order to do that. If your river or lake gets too hot - you have to shut the unit down.
- fmajid 3y agoI’m 53 and when I was in high school I was highly aware of global warming and wondering why the @#%! Greens were so opposed to nuclear power (apart from the obvious, that they were useful idiots manipulated by the Soviet Union).