“I, for one, genuinely wish that the climate crisis were an illusion.” – Al Gore. Me too buddy. I wish that I could wake up tomorrow and the facts were different. I wish climate change was a lie.
Unfortunately, it’s not. “The overwhelming consensus on global warming remains unchanged.”
“Companies whose business plans are dependent on unrestrained pollution…are ferociously fighting against the mildest regulation — just as tobacco companies blocked constraints on the marketing of cigarettes for four decades after science confirmed the link of cigarettes to diseases of the lung and the heart.” About 20% of American’s still smoke even though they know it will kill them eventually.
I guess that’s progress though. Pretty much everyone knows that smoking is bad for them now. Only a few decades ago no one thought it was bad for you. I wonder how long it will take to reach a point where most people understand that 1) climate change is happening 2) that it’s a big deal (say bye bye to the coral reefs, the polar bears, and 50% of the rest of mammalian biodiversity) 3) that humans are causing it and 4) that we have the power to do something about it? I wonder if it can happen before we’ve done too much damage?
Winston Churchill said: “Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes, you must do what is required.” Winston old boy, don’t look now – because we’re not doing anything at all.
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Climate Change Hoax? Hardly.
“I, for one, genuinely wish that the climate crisis were an illusion.” – Al Gore. Me too buddy. I wish that I could wake up tomorrow and the facts were different. I wish climate change was a lie.
Unfortunately, it’s not. “The overwhelming consensus on global warming remains unchanged.”
“Companies whose business plans are dependent on unrestrained pollution…are ferociously fighting against the mildest regulation — just as tobacco companies blocked constraints on the marketing of cigarettes for four decades after science confirmed the link of cigarettes to diseases of the lung and the heart.” About 20% of American’s still smoke even though they know it will kill them eventually.
I guess that’s progress though. Pretty much everyone knows that smoking is bad for them now. Only a few decades ago no one thought it was bad for you. I wonder how long it will take to reach a point where most people understand that 1) climate change is happening 2) that it’s a big deal (say bye bye to the coral reefs, the polar bears, and 50% of the rest of mammalian biodiversity) 3) that humans are causing it and 4) that we have the power to do something about it? I wonder if it can happen before we’ve done too much damage?
Winston Churchill said: “Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes, you must do what is required.” Winston old boy, don’t look now – because we’re not doing anything at all.
Source: NYTimes