Current Events > Why do people care about climate change? (serious)

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Genocide in Myanmar? dang that's too bad
World hunger crisis? Yeah glad I don't live in Africa
Large scale war in the Middle East? *wears a support our troops wristband*

Homes in Florida will need to be rebuilt in 100 years and polar bears will go extinct? Dear God, we need to march on Washington!

It's weird to me that people are really freaking out about changing climate, so our kids will live in a different world... just like we live in a different world than our parents? Just doesn't seem that bad to me. Some cities will shrink, some cities will grow. Some areas will desertify, some areas will get rainy seasons.

Seems like fear mongering to me, tbh
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Climate is constantly changing. It's how nature works. It's a nonissue.
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People who dont care about climate change are in the same category as anti-vaxxers tbh
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Colorahdo posted...

Homes in Florida will need to be rebuilt in 100 years

There will be no point in rebuilding anything in Florida at that point.

Also, all of the current problems you listed above will be made significantly worse by climate change.
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You're allowed to care about more than one thing. During early 2000s, Americans still worried about paying bills despite the greater issue of the terrorist attack.

Also we can actually do something about this. I could ride a bike short distances to reduce my carbon emissions, but what the fuck do you expect me to do about a war in a far away country?
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Rika_Furude posted...

People who dont care about climate change are in the same category as anti-vaxxers tbh

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because i don't want my air to look like:

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I don't know where to begin with this one
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You seem scared about it so you're downplaying the severity of how bad it could be, and posting about it to get others to help reaffirm your belief that it's not actually that bad.
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The only thing that wiped out species faster than humans are now was an asteroid impact

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/los-angeles-fire-season-will-never-end.html
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You lived in the same world as your parents

Your kids or grandkids may live in a world where barely any animals still exist. Where the ocean is poisoned. Where countless forests have died out. And you can get cancer just from going outside in the sun fir 5 minutes without a radiation suit on

i cant believe tc is serious with such a ridiculous topic
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spudger posted...

i cant believe tc is serious with such a ridiculous topic

Never underestimate human stupidity.
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Seems like fear mongering to me, tbh

Who is more likely to have a hidden agenda?

Scientists who have devoted their entire adult life to the pursuit of knowledge about the world around us.

OR

Business owners who have multi billion dollar profit margins at stake.

Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago | A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/

Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says but it funded deniers for 27 more years
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding?CMP=share_btn_tw

climate change is going to exacerbate all of those problems you listed and add even more problems
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Foppe posted...

spudger posted...

i cant believe tc is serious with such a ridiculous topic

Never underestimate human stupidity.

Seriously TC, get your head out of your ass.

Zikten posted...

Your kids or grandkids may live in a world where barely any animals still exist. Where the ocean is poisoned. Where countless forests have died out. And you can get cancer just from going outside in the sun fir 5 minutes without a radiation suit on

And at that point in time, food will be much, much more difficult to grow, so starvation will be a huge problem not just in the 3rd world. Civilization will collapse if there aren't some huge changes made.

Captain. Planet assembly here!

Human beings have made tremendous strides to be environmentally concious. We have emission tests, in depth systems for animal treatment and recovery. The whales didn't go extinct. There's still snow on Mount Everest.

The world isnt going to end in 12 years. That's a myth.

But the people in the middle East getting stoned to death for being gay, slavery and starvation rampand in Africa. These are real problems that aren't going anywhere.

The polar caps aren't melting. It's your brains.
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They unironically think it makes them a better person.
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I believe in climate change, I just asked why the public cares so much, since they generally don't actually care about anything.
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Colorahdo posted...

I believe in climate change, I just asked why the public cares so much, since they generally don't actually care about anything.

Probably because it will actually affect people living in America and Europe, while the things listed in your OP do not directly
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Herugrim posted...

The polar caps aren't melting. It's your brains.

https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/1127941009621516289

Please stop posting bullshit.
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Intro2Logic posted...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/los-angeles-fire-season-will-never-end.html

Here's the problem:
https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intelligencer/2019/05/10/Magazine/Fires/03-FIRES.w700.h467.jpg

Forests are meant to burn, every now and then. The fanatical drive to have them not burn, as well as randomly building bigass mansions in the middle of a bunch of trees, makes every forest fire utterly catastrophic.
https://lhc.ca.gov/report/fire-mountain-rethinking-forest-management-sierra-nevada

I prefer to not be breathing fire into my lungs in my old age all the time
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