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‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost (www.ipolitics.ca)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Thanks for sharing - I feel a little dissapointed that you think I'm "nitpicking". From my point of view I'm asking you for further details, and you've explained really fully.

I'm not some internet troll, just a normal person concerned about climate change, and to this point:

Ah, OK! Problem solved. Lol.

Go back and read my first comment, in no way did I claim climate change was solvable.

Thanks for the paper though, will definitely take it away and read it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I feel a little dissapointed that you think I'm "nitpicking".

    So ...I apologize if that seemed harsh or insulting.

    Let me explain from my perspective. Analogy time:

    Claim: You have been a problem gambler for decades and you have a major lifetime debt built up.

    Me: How are you going to get out of debt?

    You: I'm going to gamble less.

    Me: You need to pay back the entire debt!

    You: I can afford the credit card payments if I get a new card with a lower interest rate.

    Me: You're not hearing what I'm saying.

    You: But the interest rates are only....

    Etc.

    Like....whoosh...not AT ALL facing the elephant in the room which is that no amount of further INCREASE is a DECREASE!! Like the technical discussion and details are not FULL ACCEPTANCE of the main point I'm making. It's DENIAL.

    Climate change is exactly like this. The scheme you're discussing is that we can kick the can and "still have time to act". (Is it 3 degrees or 5? Is it 2 decades or 4? How dire and how immanent is the crisis that is 99.999% inescapable at this point, let's direct our attention to this and argue?)

    This is like when Wile E Coyote runs past the edge of the cliff and hangs in mid air and looks down. But he still has time, he hasn't started falling yet. Ok...so time for WHAT? What option does Wile E Coyote have that puts him back on the cliff?

    This is like gambling more to try to win to solve the gambling problem. If you fail you have dug a bigger quicker grave.

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