Optimism and Pessimism Re: the Environment
The piece at left comes from legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken.
The way I simplify this in my own mind is as follows: We (progressives) have the people; they have the money.
The vast majority of people on this planet understand that our scientists are begging us to make wholesale changes in the way we live, in particular, in the way we consume resources. A minority of extremely wealthy people probably understand this too, but simply don’t care, because of the intense level of comfort they enjoy.
Below is a video from an ultra-right-wing fellow who favors Trump in 2024, based on the concept that Trump loves America, and all who oppose him hate our country.
It could be said that what America is engaging in now is a giant test for what could be called our “boob appetite.”
The video below shows the largest “calving event” (a piece of a glacier breaking off and becoming an iceberg) ever recorded. It’s the size of Manhattan, but 2 – 3 times taller than the actual New York City buildings.
At left is essentially what I believe about the media coverage of the presidential election campaign.
Wildlife crossings like the one shown here are common in many parts of the world.
The answer to the question at left is that there is an entire industry that has formed over the last half century whose purpose is to sew doubt into the public mind regarding the validity of anthropogenic global warming. In the absence of this doubt, the Earth’s citizens would be demanding a swift phase-out of the use of all fossil fuels, because the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions are so catastrophic (floods, droughts, wildfires, etc.) that the public consciousness would insist upon a change.
A reader notes:
Here’s an ad that got my attention:
It wouldn’t be hard to look at the photo below and conclude that all Americans are swine.
