Just being born does not entitle me to a right to life above all else.
In the UK it pretty much does, legally.
To me AD is not a yes/no, boo/yeay question. It's more - how, who, when? We shouldn't let the nuance fall out of the debate.
Note the "above all else". There isn't any serious debate happening yet. When that takes place, the how, who, when will obviously be a major part of it as already mentioned. I think you will find that "boo/yeay " is inappropriate in this context. Agree or disagree - that's fine and you are as entitled to your opinion as anyone else but please don't trivialise it.
In my circle of friends and family I'm amazed how little awareness there seems to be. To some extent it is willful too. It is hard to fathom how people are unwilling to confront their own carbon footprint, even allowing for a hierarchy of needs.
The point is not really that individual actions can make the difference, directly. They will not. But individual actions can lead to a network effect, where more people understand the need for action and become both personally and politically engaged and involved. In my own little bubble it is a bit hard at times seeing how little network effect I can observe. Once one sees the enormity of what is happening, and the huge inequity between those societies that cause it and those societies that will suffer the most, surely you stop treating those quick holiday dashes as an inalienable right, for a start?
The point is not really that individual actions can make the difference, directly. They will not.
One thing is sure, if the everyone in the world takes the attitude that their actions and ethics make no difference to the world, then we will be living in a hellscape in no time flat. All we have are our actions. 🌱
Certainly it would be good for the planet if humans became extinct. We have proven ourselves incapable of using it wisely.
Yes , and thankfully humanity is incredibly distant from other stellar systems ; so we cannot damage any other inhabitable planets . We evolved on this world and are destined to die on it , most likely destroying it interim .
Humans will never EVER reach the stars , so feel a modicum of comfort knowing that !
For inhabitable please read habitable !!!.......Duh !
The point is not really that individual actions can make the difference, directly. They will not.
One thing is sure, if the everyone in the world takes the attitude that their actions and ethics make no difference to the world, then we will be living in a hellscape in no time flat. All we have are our actions. 🌱
Although we agree, I'd prefer the quote not to end there:
The point is not really that individual actions can make the difference, directly. They will not. But individual actions can lead to a network effect, where more people understand the need for action and become both personally and politically engaged and involved.
The reason I phrased it this way is that fossil fuel companies and legions of obfuscators would like us to believe that it is up to individual choices to change the future. It is not just that; we need the might of government and legislation. Nonetheless we will only get the might of government if sufficiently many people make those individual choices and rally one another.
The reason I phrased it this way is that fossil fuel companies and legions of obfuscators would like us to believe that it is up to individual choices to change the future. It is not just that ...
I absolutely agree. It's like junk food. Saying it is personal choice what you eat is trying to put all the onus on individuals when it is the food industry that needs to change big time.
Making people feel guilty or scared distracts their focus from where the problem really lies - with big business and the profit interests of the very wealthy. Just Stop Oil is targeting the wrong group. It would not surprise me one little bit to find they were funded by the oil industry, with the aim being to annoy everyone so much the message gets rejected.
Reading the New Scientist in the physics lab at school in the 60s it was predicted that the earth’s orbit would move slightly closer to the sun so we should expect hotter summers in the new century. Goody goody I thought.
Taylor Swift has a carbon footprint worse than 1000 Americans but to be fair her music has probably caused 1000s of suicides and that counts as carbon offsetting.
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There isn't any serious debate happening yet. When that takes place, the how, who, when will obviously be a major part of it as already mentioned. I think you will find that "boo/yeay " is inappropriate in this context. Agree or disagree - that's fine and you are as entitled to your opinion as anyone else but please don't trivialise it.
One thing is sure, if the everyone in the world takes the attitude that their actions and ethics make no difference to the world, then we will be living in a hellscape in no time flat. All we have are our actions. 🌱
For inhabitable please read habitable !!!.......Duh !
Making people feel guilty or scared distracts their focus from where the problem really lies - with big business and the profit interests of the very wealthy. Just Stop Oil is targeting the wrong group. It would not surprise me one little bit to find they were funded by the oil industry, with the aim being to annoy everyone so much the message gets rejected.
Pity the poor American farmers.