I'm still reading (good read btw), and I have a feeling that someone is going to find faults.
More than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries issue 'warning to humanity'
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I'm still reading (good read btw), and I have a feeling that someone is going to find faults.
I’m with you Bob, I’m not a doomsdayer and I believe in people ultimately. The way people come together to help others in need is an example of why this challenge could actually just bring us all together in the end.
The survival instinct just hasn’t kicked in for many quite yet because the immediate and the real aren’t at their doorstep. But every year it’s getting more telling and more obvious. It’s not just our suffering, it’s everything that lives on this planet that ultimately need and deserve (and hopefully get) a future in this.
I also believe the tide is actually turning and many understand the need to now put the arguments behind us and to get together as a species and try and save ourselves and this extraordinary planet that we are so very lucky to live on.
How did you come up with this? So it’s grandma and grandpa which are the real problem?
It's the age range of the Trump supporter and climate change denier skews 65+. The appeal of "make america great again" doesn't resonate with 18 year olds. We saw the same thing with the demographic that supported Brexit, old people making decisions that they will never experience.
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2019/trump-approval-rating-polls/
I think historically it's been a total disaster too.
But what underlies the issue? I think it's the inability to tolerate differences in belief. There are some obvious parallels with today's issues. Science has replaced religion in many people's views and now we can't agree on actual facts, we have our own leaders trying to change the definition of "fact", and using brainwashing techniques on it's own citizens.
I think religion used to be the biggest issue, now it's made-up fact vs what the massive majority of scientists actually say.
In this thread we're also conflating "How many years until we all die" vs "How many years until we reach a tipping point where certain effects will be irreversible". There is a massive difference between these two things, and the latter is supported by overwhelming scientific evidence.
How many 18 year olds do you know with grandchildren? The average age of someone with grandchildren is 64. I have to apologize for continuing to post data, I know people like you hate the stuff.
https://www.liveabout.com/grandparents-demographic-information-1695746
So bizarre and hilarious how you relate things. Why not just say it’s people over 64 who hate the environment the most? You specifically said it’s grandmas and grandpas. This is like your long rant on how the heaviest record cleaning machine cleans the best.
I do believe we need to develop our moral compass to improve ourselves and put ourselves on a positive track and align with who we really are and so philosophy, spirituality and religion when aspected positively can all play a part in all of this. Anything that attributes and adds meaning to life also creates values that can help to preserve life.
It's on the news, part of the news. It makes us reflect and see what we can do to improve the situation. The best way to fight say violence is to be aware of it and see it, it's the same with fires destroying homes, human lives, forests, natural wildlife habitats, wildlife.
This is an exceptional disater for Australians, this year all the fires (the sheer amount of hectares burned) and the super hot weather* and heat wave winds and the number of animals (Koalas) extinguished by the fires. They are now an endangered species. Seeing is believing.
You watch the news sometimes and things come up that you didn't ask for, but they do come up and you feel heartbroken for those lovely Koalas, nicest animals with adorable emotional faces.
When they are happy you are happy too, and when they are suffering you suffer with them.
* The month of November didn't see that for forty years, no rain practically.
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Higher average temperatures means melting glaciers, rising waters and the Dutch going underwater ... Just physics, no politics in any language!
What vehicle do you drive?
What are you and your family doing to reduce your carbon footprints?
Have you reached out to the people that make the loudest noise about reducing carbon footprints, flying around the world in private their jets?
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Qatar has lower avg elevation than the Netherlands and is the 14th biggest producer of crude oil in 2019.
While I figure there are plenty here with far better Portuguese than I but I believe what you just needed to say Ron was sem política... not sure it will help tho. Best of luck with that in any língua!
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