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Man, we are so utterly fucked. It's so damn frustrating that this is still just the very beginning of extreme weather caused by climate change. 10-20 years from now is going to be pretty fucking bleak for much of the world.
We basically are. The only good news is that young conservatives believe in and want to do something about climate change, so when the current crop of oil-funded deniers die off, we have some hope to limit the damage. That said, I'm seriously considering moving up north away north as far away from the equator as possible, and to an area with fresh water and farmland.
Then buying a gun. Never thought I'd need one after I left the Army, but as things get worse, I suspect that more violence will result due to scarcity and more likely: stress related to perceived scarcity that doesn't exist. It's always the fear that's more dangerous than the reality. We can probably get by with easy to grow, nutrient-dense foods that are boring to eat, like beans. It's the stress of not being able to eat "tasty" food that'll probably get people to snap. Gunfights over steak, etc.
If we're dependent in any way on "the next generation of conservatives" for anything, we should just stop any kind of hoping now.
There is no validity, utility or future for conservatism. We can't address the issues we have in this world till that philosophy is dead and buried.
I love beans.
Don't go too far north or you'll be engulfed in forest fires.
Just move to a civilized, developed country. The places best prepared to deal with climate disasters are the countries that can throw money at it. Desalination plants, hydroponics, border security, police, army - this is what will let you survive, not fresh water and a gun. This crisis will put pressure on every country. Countries up north have to import a lot of food and also have issues with drought (look at UK), disappearing permafrost (Russia, Sweden) and immigration (UK again).
No. Almost no one, except maybe the most progressive young people, wants actually do anything about it. To actually stop climate change we would have to seriously lower average standard of living in a developed countries. We would basically have to shrink the entire economy, put most people on some sort of UBI, and make sure they have basic necessities and not much more. No one is ready for this. Most people are not even willing to switch to electric cars because it will take them a bit longer to drive 800km when they go on holiday twice a year. Nothing will be done.
You are spreading disinformation.
Climate change can be significantly reduced or prevented entirely while maintaining or improving the quality of life for everyone except perhaps for the elite.
None of these steps is particularly hard or expensive. Around a trillion (1,000,000,000,000) dollars are invested in fossil fuels annually which is money that could be put to better use right at the outset.
If the economic, political or societal structures we have makes the execution of these changes difficult or impossible, then it falls to us to bring about a change in those structures.
I think you're a bit delusional. All those things take years if not decades. Where I lived they struggled to get rid of carbon furnaces because:
It's not enough to theoretically have money for something. To actually implement it you have to overcome a lot of opposition and people will strongly oppose to :
Everything else will require lots of money and time. Those are huge project and implementing them will take decades. What will happen to truck drivers? How long will it take to replace current ships fleet? Where will you get all the lithium from? People are protesting new mining projects in Europe and USA. People are even complaining that the entire country side is being covered by solar panels.
Yes, we have money to do it all but the change will be slow and we've run out of time already.
I was once told that anyone who claims that they agree with your idea, but they think it isn’t feasible because “average people wouldn’t accept it” is either astroturfing or ignorant. From the head spinning levels of disinformation in the original post, it’s pretty clear which side you fall on.
Well, if someone told you this than it must be true. Hard to argue with such a great argument.
No way you were in a combat related occupation and didn't own a personal firearm. If you had a desk job then what was the point of mentioning the Army?
I call bullshit.
edit: It's been over 24 hours and he's done nothing to displace my assumptions. This isn't my first day on the internet.
some pretty insane assumptions there mate
Perhaps, something about it set off my bullshit radar.
I think your radar needs some fine tuning
It's been over 24 hours and he's done nothing to displace my assumptions. This isn't my first day on the internet, I've seen this shit before.