I Care About The Environment

An research article published shows that those who are pro-environment tend to have certain traits in common, such as openness, which is associated with cognitive ability and being more willing/able to learn and to develop awareness of the issues involved and the consequences of human actions on the environment. These people also showed greater honesty, humility along with greater caring for others with more empathy and compassion, with more agreeableness. They have high conscientiousness, think things through, And so it goes on..

Here's the article should anyone want to read it.. but the implication, (and my anecdotal findings) would suggest that among those who deny climate change and who are blase or uncaring regarding the environment - have the opposite positive traits.

There are limitations, of course but the research does give a good grounding for understanding why some people are more aware and care and others do not.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691620903019

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

Those who [b]CLAIM [/b] to care about the environment are environmentally clueless. They think that CO2 causes the earth to retain heat and that hundreds of species are going extinct every day. Both are falsehoods the environmentally aware recognize and agitprop designed to get silly people to do disastrous things

Sadwithasmile · 22-25, M

@hippyjoe1955 while I understand your point and agree, there are alot of dangerous gases that escape during combustion. Environmentally friendly doesn’t necessarily mean global warming.

Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F

@hippyjoe1955 There you go again ... typical you.. spout ignorance and bile.. yet none of it is founded, none of it is based on fact or evidence.. it's only ever based on your own ignorance and intolerance.. I rest my case..

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Sadwithasmile Not really all that dangerous at all.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Adaydreambeliever Says someone who has never seen wildlife. Too funny! I had more experience with the real world before I turned 20 than you have had in your entire life.

Sadwithasmile · 22-25, M

@hippyjoe1955 trust me, I benifit from oil production. My country pays all my bills and some using oil money, several researchers in my country decided workers must wear gas masks when faced with constant combustion (even policemen) due to its danger to human health. Best example is china.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Sadwithasmile China is their own worst enemy. The dangerous gases are not all from combustion. They are from the various factories etc. Have you seen the damage mining for the essential minerals that go into a battery for an electric car? Far better to run a clean gasoline powered vehicle.

Sadwithasmile · 22-25, M

@hippyjoe1955 fair enough, what about tokyo?

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Sadwithasmile What about it? If you choose to live there then you have the obligation to do what you can do about it. That might even include moving out of Tokyo. The fact is the cities are not that big a problem since they are not that big an area. For city dwellers they may seem like they are all that is but for those of us who get out and about we see things differently. However I live in a city of a million people. I often see native wildlife on the streets and lawns. Hares, coyotes, deer, lynx, bear, moose, foxes, squirrels both ground and tree varieties. All kinds and sorts of birds. There is a blue jay nest in the tree in the back yard. Sparrows, swallows, black birds, crows, ravens, seagulls not to mention the ubiquitous pigeons.

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