‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
Remember all those end of world disaster movies over the past 20 years? ... We're at the middle part of the movie where everyone is denying the few mad scientists who are warning everyone. We also believe that there will be some sort of super hero last minute hail Mary save that will save us from the brink of destruction ... I don't think that will happen tho :(
Except it isn't even a few mad scientists this time
It's a good 99% of scientists
Yet the media treat the other 1% with at least as much deference.
And like 75%+ of humans.
We’re at the part of the movie where the 1%ers and politicians who caused the disaster are giving up on the planet and making plans to run and hide on private islands.
Just don't look up!
last minute hail Mary save
Nuclear war and the subsequent nuclear winter would save us. You doomers just aren't willing to think outside the box.
Nuclear winter will definitely cool the planet, especially if hundreds of bombs are used ... but it will mean turning the planet into a snowball.
Nuclear winter will mean destroying most or all plant life for years or decades or even a century. Many people will die either from the bombing or the radiation but the majority will die slow deaths from starvation years after.
Sure there may be some wealthy important people that will hold out in bunkers and underground shelters but once their food supplies run out, they'll have to come out, and when they do, they won't find anything. The survivors will have to raise new generations with far less, even if they do survive living in an irradiated landscape which won't be safe for hundreds of years.
The planet will definitely be cooler .... but it won't be liveable for humans.
This isn't a race to save the planet by cooling it off, the planet's fine. It's dealt with disasters and changes far more destructive than us.
We need to do something about the climate to save ourselves and our species. Nuclear war places us in as much danger of extinction as doing nothing about climate change.
Don't look up. Just focus on the next 24 hours in front of you!
It’s ok guys a handful of people are gonna profit big time
How are WE the fools???? WE can do absolutely nothing about it and those that can will not.
How are WE the fools???
We're the fools because capitalism was never going to fix this issue on its own, therefore it came down to the voting populace to become better-educated on this stuff, spread that awareness as much as possible, vote every year for representatives that take CC seriously, and to contact our local / regional representatives as often as possible, asking them what their solutions were.
As the primary mechanism in terms of creating such vital change, we've done a fraction of that over the decades. Now here we are.
spread that awareness as much as possible, vote every year for representatives that take CC seriously, and to contact our local / regional representatives as often as possible, asking them what their solutions were.
That's the thing, the way governance is supposed to work, is people vote, establish governance, and the governance does all this work. It is literally what they're paid for. If we expect the citizens to do 100% of the work, and their own jobs, we might as well just abolish the entire US government and just govern by some kind of absolute democracy Reddit upvote system.
To the vote every year point, it doesn't work anyways because all the choices are shit and just looking out for their own interests. One can't vote for a magic candidate that doesn't exist. Every billionaire and their corporations makes sure to broadcast constant streams of information at the general population to keep them confused and spending money. Android vs iPhone instead of, "why can't I change my own battery?" Ford vs Tesla instead of, "do I even need a car?" Shitty medical care to ensure that we live in constant fear that our next injury might mean losing our home and living on the street.
Don't try to pass blame onto the citizens of a nation that ensures the citizenry too busy trying to survive to micro-manage everything.
Who'd have thought that encouraging the general population to just make an effort, educate themselves and act differently wouldn't work?
And the guy leading the climate talk says science doesn't prove oil has lead to change. He's an oil baron...
Wrong. We can help "flatten the curve".
Is there some useful purpose for the @blahj spambot polluting discussion threads?
I cannot seem to block it, on Kbin right now. So... it is teaching me the error of my ways, I suppose? :-P
(I regret choosing Kbin over Lemmy, and may need to switch if this kind of thing is going to happen constantly. Even now I have strong hopes for Kbin's future but... it just isn't ready yet.)
They're the fools. They should just enjoy life, take 2 hour long showers, drive gas guzzlers, buy disposable... They're wasting their lives worrying about something they can't stop and won't have to deal with.
Sorry but I don't give a shit about yalls kids. I did my part and didn't have any. I'm not gonna think twice about putting my convenience and comfort over pointless soap boxing.
"Those people that shit everywhere are wrong.
Specially due to their ["put personal prejudices here"].
I do also think that I, ME, and MYSELF, deserve to shit everywhere, at anytime all at once, all i want, because im special due to ["put personal prejudices here"]...by the way....why is the world full of shit?"
Maybe....just maybe...if we stopped shiting everywhere....
With that mentality, how do you view corrupt politicians and entrepreneurs?
Do you bash politicians taking bribes?
If so, why? They are doing what you want to do....being shity.
