first off, i dont think the world will end. yet. however climate change has the capability to make natural things like weather a whole lot more uncooperative, which makes for pissy people.
see the thing is, not many people really understand what global climate change entails. its not just the planet getting warmer, altho thats a part. its also weather that sees extremes. more hot days over 90. more days colder than freezing. more storms, more floods, more droughts. if i had to choose between hot and cold, i'd choose cold. perhaps this is genetic. but id rather not have to choose.
you: The planet has changed steadily for billions of years
me: except for the last 75 years or so. see chart
you: more water means more fish to eat and maybe enough rain to get rid of the deserts, doesn't it?
me: seawater absorbs more sunlight than land does, and absorbs green house gases, which heats up the ocean which causes water levels to rise as water expands. rising ocean temperatures will affect marine species and ecosystems. read: less fishies. more desert.
you: a little more action and a little less overreaction.
me: agreed. but action wont come until people agree that there's a problem. we have known about climate change for about 40 years.
but see, not many people wanted to believe it, because they saw a big ass snow storm and said "climate change isnt real". then the government told them climate change was fake news, because its bad for industry, and people wanted to believe that, because then they wouldn't have to pay more taxes.
so some people got louder. carried more signs. that didnt work, because no one wanted to change their habits or pay more money. so now we have this dilemma where if we push for action we get yelled at and made fun of. when we do nothing, people pretend there's not a problem, because no one wants to take responsibility. so how do we resolve that equation?
will things like climate change make canada warmer? yeah. but it will also will make other countries desperate to escape because they wont be able to grow food or escape the giant insects. they will all want to come to canada. then the earth will be lopsided and fall over on its ass and break orbit and go shooting off into outer space, and then aliens will come and eat us.
i dont wanna be eaten by aliens, do you?
This was satire.
ya i got that. ;) also, there are many people who wont understand that, because this is the way they actually think. my action is to talk about the misconceptions. im not screaming about the world ending. im not carrying signs or yelling. like you, im just trying to illustrate that all of these stereotypes are ridiculous. see my last paragraph.
I did see your last paragraph. LOL!
Being Canadian, and living long enough to know, I experience the changing climate. I can actually see it and feel it.
Realistically, and unfortunately, I can't say I trust people enough to be able to solve what could be a problem spiraling out of control. It's always been more people saying do something and less people doing something. There's not much we can do anyway, unfortunately. I do believe nature will sort things out. Humanity needs a good spanking anyway.
interesting view point, yet i disagree, having taken enough science and ecology classes to know better.
politics is all about trusting people enough to agree to do something. and then agreeing on a solution. right now we cant agree enough on a large scale that there is an issue, because some people are being selfish and illogical. also, governments act in their own interest. no help there.
so the way to address, imho, is to make changes for yourself, and your community. fund the groups who you think have the right idea. stop supporting groups like big business polluters and the government, who are shit talking the actual existence of the issue because they dont want to have to change their nasty habits. and lastly, start organizing into a collective that will take these jerks to court for polluting the air, strip mining public natural resources, selling off public water in tiny plastic bottles for profit.
thats what action looks like to me.
i think there are a lot of things we can do. I dont think nature will sort it out, unless its by killing off humans. not all of us are toddlers.
That's just people doing people things. The world doesn't care about someone going to court and paying fines.
One trillion dollars will have no effect on that spike shown above.