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I Am Concerned About Climate Change

I read an article this morning in The New Yorker that suggests that, while it’s still theoretically possible to avert climate change apocalypse, the emphasis is on [i]theoretically[/i]. It would basically require all the doubters to immediately have an epiphany and pressure their governments to implement draconian conservation measures, completely unrealistic. So we just need to accept that if you’re younger than 60 there’s a good chance you will see the climate rise 2 degrees Celsius and, because natural disasters will be so commonplace and out of control, civilization as we know it will cease to exist, and if you’re younger than 30 that outcome is all but certain in your lifetime.

So I’m just wondering what all the climate change deniers and their heirs will say then. I mean I guess it will still somehow be progressives’ fault?
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Tracos · 51-55, M
I see so many people with kids explicitly doubting climate science and actually do the opposite... Like buy gazguzzling SUVs instead of demanding electric cars and electric public transportation...

I have no kids.... Why should I deny myself comforts and pleasures if the people with a responsibility to their next generations don't????
Doomflower · 36-40, M
@Tracos I'm similar. Like... dude I feel sorry for children and consider it a cruelty to create more people at this point when I am pretty sure I will die a dried out husk in a road warrior wasteland. So I will use plastic straws and I only recycle cans because it pays to get the deposit back. Enjoy myself while it lasts because it's going down [b]hard.[/b]
JP1119 · 36-40, M
We all have a responsibility to the coming generations. But what’s done is done. @Tracos
Tracos · 51-55, M
@JP1119 I agree... but if the people who get the most impact dont take their responsibility.. .why should I go above and beyond...