The apathy of Climate Change
09/07/08 18:17 Filed in: General
Forgive me this winge, I’m suffering from a cold but
feel I should get this off my chest...
Regardless of what you believe, lets for a moment assume that climate change is real and will have a devastating effect on us and our planet.
Assuming the above, then the human race has given up.
Why?
Because the majority of radio segments, news paper articles, and TV reports no longer contain information on how and why to combat climate change.
They are instead filled with requests for governments to provide money to ailing industries so those industries can modify their operations to maintain a competitve edge when the effects of climate change start to have a detrimental effect on their current processes and products.
Read that last paragraph again.
The focus seems to have shifted from combating climate change, a potentially very expensive exercise, to how to make money when it occurs.
If the worst case senario is played out then climate change could be the worst natural/unnatural (depending on your view point) disaster to face humanity thus far.
Why has the human race become so apathetic?
When did making money take precedence over life on this planet?
Why would we not suffer a little pain now, to save ourself a huge amount of pain in the future?
If it was an alien race attempting to destroy our planet we’d be screwed. Is that what is required to make us wake up?
1. Switch off the light when you leave the room.
2. Stop buying electronic gadgets.
3. Drive only when you absolutely have to.
4. Read a book instead of playing a computer game.
5. Put on some socks instead of turning up the heat.
6. Reduce your consumables.
There are hundreds more, so pretend you will die if you don’t and get on with it.
Regardless of what you believe, lets for a moment assume that climate change is real and will have a devastating effect on us and our planet.
Assuming the above, then the human race has given up.
Why?
Because the majority of radio segments, news paper articles, and TV reports no longer contain information on how and why to combat climate change.
They are instead filled with requests for governments to provide money to ailing industries so those industries can modify their operations to maintain a competitve edge when the effects of climate change start to have a detrimental effect on their current processes and products.
Read that last paragraph again.
The focus seems to have shifted from combating climate change, a potentially very expensive exercise, to how to make money when it occurs.
If the worst case senario is played out then climate change could be the worst natural/unnatural (depending on your view point) disaster to face humanity thus far.
Why has the human race become so apathetic?
When did making money take precedence over life on this planet?
Why would we not suffer a little pain now, to save ourself a huge amount of pain in the future?
If it was an alien race attempting to destroy our planet we’d be screwed. Is that what is required to make us wake up?
1. Switch off the light when you leave the room.
2. Stop buying electronic gadgets.
3. Drive only when you absolutely have to.
4. Read a book instead of playing a computer game.
5. Put on some socks instead of turning up the heat.
6. Reduce your consumables.
There are hundreds more, so pretend you will die if you don’t and get on with it.