Good read.
I have to add, though, that while anger can be a good motivator, it doesn’t inform you on the best ways to address climate change. That requires sensible assessment and not wasting time and energy on things with low payback. (Of course, some activity is good for relieving personal stress, even if it doesn’t really stop one investor from loaning money to fossil fuel projects or seal one methane-leaking well.)
Didn’t thumb you down. I tend to avoid any thumbs, especially down, and especially without a response as explanation.
I’m of mixed thoughts on the matter. The people gluing themselves to tarmacs and throwing paint at art are perhaps not doing a sensible assessment, and they are ticking a lot of people off, but they are acting. They’re getting the subject in the news and showing the elites that they won’t stand for it anymore, while the vast, vast majority are doing absolutely nothing. The people that get mad at them are often that vast majority. It’s the apathetic mass, and the wealthy wanting to hoard and protect their wealth, that are the problem. People need to know it’s unacceptable to stay on the path we’re on, and be reminded of it daily.
But, then, I can’t support violent acts and believe firmly in at least attempting rationality.
It seems unfortunately, that sensible, rational actions do not happen so frequently, and there is a large strong opposing push from vested business interests, apathy, and dumb stubborn resistance to change or admitting mankind is continuing on the wrong path. Limitless buckets of patience and persistence, as exampled by some major scientists like Stefan Rahmstorf and Michael E. Mann, may eventually do the trick. Meanwhile protests used to work a treat during the last few centuries and are worth a try, provided they don’t cause violence.
Meanwhile that zero-degree line keeps rising higher.
MeteoSwiss saysExternal link that the zero-degree isotherm near the ground, calculated in this case by measuring stations, has risen by 200-700 metres, depending on the season, since the beginning of surveys in 1864. Since the 1970s, this rise has accelerated, especially in spring and summer, says MeteoSwiss.
Food for thought:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/21/anger-is-most-powerful-emotion-by-far-for-spurring-climate-action-study-finds
Good read.
I have to add, though, that while anger can be a good motivator, it doesn’t inform you on the best ways to address climate change. That requires sensible assessment and not wasting time and energy on things with low payback. (Of course, some activity is good for relieving personal stress, even if it doesn’t really stop one investor from loaning money to fossil fuel projects or seal one methane-leaking well.)
Didn’t thumb you down. I tend to avoid any thumbs, especially down, and especially without a response as explanation.
I’m of mixed thoughts on the matter. The people gluing themselves to tarmacs and throwing paint at art are perhaps not doing a sensible assessment, and they are ticking a lot of people off, but they are acting. They’re getting the subject in the news and showing the elites that they won’t stand for it anymore, while the vast, vast majority are doing absolutely nothing. The people that get mad at them are often that vast majority. It’s the apathetic mass, and the wealthy wanting to hoard and protect their wealth, that are the problem. People need to know it’s unacceptable to stay on the path we’re on, and be reminded of it daily.
But, then, I can’t support violent acts and believe firmly in at least attempting rationality.
It seems unfortunately, that sensible, rational actions do not happen so frequently, and there is a large strong opposing push from vested business interests, apathy, and dumb stubborn resistance to change or admitting mankind is continuing on the wrong path. Limitless buckets of patience and persistence, as exampled by some major scientists like Stefan Rahmstorf and Michael E. Mann, may eventually do the trick. Meanwhile protests used to work a treat during the last few centuries and are worth a try, provided they don’t cause violence.
Then there is education and more education.
Meanwhile that zero-degree line keeps rising higher.
MeteoSwiss saysExternal link that the zero-degree isotherm near the ground, calculated in this case by measuring stations, has risen by 200-700 metres, depending on the season, since the beginning of surveys in 1864. Since the 1970s, this rise has accelerated, especially in spring and summer, says MeteoSwiss.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/heatwave-pushes–zero-degree–line-to-record-height-in-switzerland/48749338?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral