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Thought of the day
Dec. 18th, 2009 10:27 pmToday I went to an ACF rally about Climate Change, and a woman from Tuvulu talked about higher king tides washing away houses and farmland. And then, as I was reading an article suggesting that the current cuts suggested at Copenhagen are still likely to result in a 3 degree temperature rise, I suddenly thought, "hey, the disaster's really going to happen this time".
When I thought about my response, I realised that none of the worries of the future I had in my childhood and young adulthood have come to pass. We have not had a nuclear war, the world didn't end on 1 Jan 2000, and the hole in the ozone layer is basically under control.
Subconciously, my brain has been putting climate change into the same bucket, with the same likely conclusion. I wonder how many other people have the same response going?
Edit: How many other people think that climate change will be resolved somehow, based on this erroneous thinking?
When I thought about my response, I realised that none of the worries of the future I had in my childhood and young adulthood have come to pass. We have not had a nuclear war, the world didn't end on 1 Jan 2000, and the hole in the ozone layer is basically under control.
Subconciously, my brain has been putting climate change into the same bucket, with the same likely conclusion. I wonder how many other people have the same response going?
Edit: How many other people think that climate change will be resolved somehow, based on this erroneous thinking?
