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Citation for these sane and gradual changes? Were they thought out or just political signals? In the US, unfortunately the overwhelming majority of climate cha
by Alupis 3y ago
Citation for these sane and gradual changes?
Were they thought out or just political signals? In the US, unfortunately the overwhelming majority of climate change propositions are ill-thought political rhetoric, which sets back actual progress.
Look at recent changes. CA banned single-use plastic bags because someone said incorrectly they contributed to that huge floating plastic island in the pacific. Turns out, that floating plastic island is made up of fishing equipment - and our replacement for the plastic bags use vastly more resources to create so the net effect has been negative.
We need real proposals - not feel-good proposals.
- defrost 3y ago> Citation for these sane and gradual changes? Sure - read back through the history of https://infrastructurereportcard.org/ https://infrastructurereportcard.org/ Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Report Card for America’s Infrastructure depicts the condition and performance of American infrastructure in the familiar form of a school report card. Engineers make real proposals, with costings. They have summaries of what's broken and what's needed going back to 1988 (at least) and have been largely ignored by the US decision makers throughout that time. The US DoD has frequently reported on the need for climate mitigating changes to defence infrastructure, harbours, fuel stores, etc - that can get thrown into the mix also. As you're throwing shade on the problems you'd do well to look to the most egregious villians here - the Koch brothers and their immediate circle in the fossil fuel industries who went into overdrive in the 1970s (when climate change caused by human activity was internationally accepted and recognised as a real and pressing issue) and funded a network of think tanks (Heartland et al). The production and placement of distraction pieces in the media ("We're headed for an Ice Age says prominant climate scientist!!" etc) to really confuse and FUD up the issue was one thing, they had deep pockets and did it well, but ... Look up Koch public transit, for example: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/climate/koch-brothers-public-transit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/climate/koch-brothers-pub... They started that very early and literally killed sane gradual change. The US public broadly overwhelmingly supported good public transport (reduced car travel, better fuel economy at scale per mile, etc) and at every turn anytime a sensible public transit system was proposed they undercut and killed it with deep pockets, simply to keep sellling more and more oil and turn a profit.
- anigbrowl 3y agoCitation for these sane and gradual changes? Don't ask for citations when you don't offer any of your own.