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HeartachesNhangovers

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11. Voting won't mitigate climate change ...

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 04:51 PM

Aug 2018

or any of the other negative human impacts on the environment: water pollution and overuse, elimination and degradation of natural habitat, etc, etc. Only widely-adopted and significant changes in personal behavior will make any difference:

♦Minimizing the number of gadgets, vehicles, appliances & clothing items we have - repairing rather than discarding & replacing.
♦Sacrificing personal comfort - leaving the A/C and heat off unless absolutely necessary, and making do with a few hundred square feet of living space.
♦Rejecting single-use products and packaging.
♦Eliminating travel as amusement.

Basically, nothing will significantly improve for the environment until Americans broadly reject consumerism. Is any politician advocating that?

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I'm a climate change voter. Are you? [View all] bluescribbler Aug 2018 OP

At this point im a vote blue no matter who voter before that i was a vote blue Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #1

I am a Democratic voter are you. Until we gain power nothing will get done. wasupaloopa Aug 2018 #2

Been a Democratic voter since I wasa old enough to vote. bluescribbler Aug 2018 #12

I've been a climate change voter for years, and I believe there will be many more soon marylandblue Aug 2018 #3

There's only one climate change party, and we're it. Hortensis Aug 2018 #4

Ditto oasis Aug 2018 #5

:) Comes with being a progressive liberal Democrat. Hortensis Aug 2018 #7

i'm a holy-shit-these-assholes-will-get-us-all-killed voter, does that count? n/t 0rganism Aug 2018 #6

K&R! I sure am! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #8

I'm a "we need a majority, or we'll never be able to do anything about climate change" voter. RU? Squinch Aug 2018 #9

The Democratic Party is the party of Facts and Science, so what do you think? Hekate Aug 2018 #10

Voting won't mitigate climate change ... HeartachesNhangovers Aug 2018 #11