• Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    It’s the economy you’re worried about? You fucks understand if climate change isn’t sorted out Everyone DIES?

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      11 months ago

      We only have one economy! (not my opinion ofc but there was a group of lobbyists holding a banner with these exact words in front of our parliament unironically)

      At this point i feel pretty beat down. All i can muster enough energy for nowadays, is to limit my own impact (i know thats not enough) and maybe talk to friends about climate change (only if the topic is brought up by them tho).

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      11 months ago

      End of the century is so far away lmao. We’ll see a lot worse than a poor economy by then. Even financial costs of environmental issues will be felt long before then.

      People don’t care about what will happen to them in the next decade, companies don’t care what will happen to them in the next quarter. We need to highlight the changes that are real and immediate too

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        11 months ago

        Not even sure about this. The rich and powerful seem to believe that they can save themselves. Depending on how many people survive they might enslave enough to have a somewhat sufferable experience.

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          11 months ago

          This, yes. And at the same time they try to convince everyone else that climate change does not exist.

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      11 months ago

      It’s the only way to get some people to react. I live in a rural area, people take their truck to drive 300m from their field to the local greasy spoon where they leave their big diesel idling and then they drive back 300m, they don’t realize they’re part of the issue and that their land will be worthless with climate change. Make them realize that if things don’t change they’ll be out of a job because their land won’t be able to grow anything anymore and they might finally understand they have their part in it.