Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: Beyond Record Hot – “Shocking and Strange” [View all]Moostache
(11,128 posts)The fact is there simply do not appear to be enough cognizant, self-aware and compassionate people on the planet to combat the anesthetized zombie horde that consume the 1%'s version of "news" and "facts" and are willing to ignore reality and pretend there is no problem at all. 99% of us have no meaningful "net worth" in the big picture...but >>than half of that 99% do not care or cannot be bothered enough to engage in pressuring the 1% to stop the policies that are killing the planet's ability to support life on our scale.
Humanity is en route to killing off all aquatic and land-based life bigger than a cockroach within the next century. The predictions of the most dire consequences being at the end of the century? How many articles have published in the last 9 months admitting that all previous estimates were WAAAAAYYY too conservative and the measure impacts are FAR greater than projected? Better start bracing for real impact and social upheaval by the end of the DECADE...
Syria and ISIS and the European refugee crisis are all partially linked to drought and climate change and the coming emergency is going to make that currently intractable international issue seem utterly quaint by comparison. Water access and resources wars are on the horizon...and our American response to this? Trump or Clinton. A tyrant in waiting or a weather vane from Wall Street.
Abandon all hope, ye who live here...