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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I do think some people could do with working on having a bit of control over the desire to buy stuff. It's nice to get a new toy but it can end up becoming like an addiction to that "buzz".
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Climate change is one facet of a much bigger problem. Yes, it's a big piece of it, but it's interlinked with an enormous number of complex systems. Think of the suez canal incident and covid, and the severe disruption that causes to supply chains globally (as well as the economic impact). Covid is a disease that came from encroachment on nature (probably), just like sars and ebola were. The suez canal incident was mere human error but caused enormous disruption (that is ongoing today) - but it could just as easily been caused by climate influenced change.
I want a future to be easier and happier and better, and I believe part of that means being ecologically aware as well as economically aware.
I also think there is future wealth in a green economy that will be perhaps harder to come by from more traditional extractive-based organisations such as fossil fuels. This is an ongoing debate and there is no right or wrong yet - but continuing to accelerate climate change will likely also accelerate poverty, war, terrorism and supply chain limitations (which could easily be the root for all the previous points).
Would be interested to see any papers on this.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/solar-events-news/Does-the-Solar-Cycle-Affect-Earths-Climate.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/flare-impacts.html
I broadly agree that the focus should be on corporations and govts, although we as individuals also need to be ready to change our behaviour in some ways.
Is there a discussion as to whether climate change is happening anyway? That's not really up for discussion, the facts are in and measured daily. The discussion is what can be reversed, what can be mitigated and what will ensure a safer, healthier and more prosperous future for people.
I genuinely believe humans can do better and be happier.
Twats like Delingpole spouting uneducated bollocks - no
https://theconversation.com/amp/monks-wood-wilderness-60-years-ago-scientists-let-a-farm-field-rewild-heres-what-happened-163406
In a similar vein, we persuaded a neighbour to just neglect a square metre of their garden. It's now full of wildflowers, insects and has reduced the number of pests they encounter (possibly because of increased diversity and predation). All they did was clear the old, rubbish looking plants and add a layer of compost to help the soil underneath recover a bit. The rest was done by nature - birds and the wind I would think.
I wonder whether there is a similar experiment in rainforest areas, to see how effectively we can rewild by prevention human intervention.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
My class at university did a little project where we ranked what we thought the main reason for anthropogenic (for the idiot before who was all "we can't stop solar flares", as if that was ever part of the debate - "anthropogenic" is the academic way of saying "human induced") climate change was currently. We almost unanimously agreed it was a case of tragedy of the commons.
Here is something from NASA. A couple of years old, but I can't be bothered to spend my Sunday digging out peer-reviewed research.
https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2910/what-is-the-suns-role-in-climate-change/