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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not believe we are on the downward edge of a precipice, sliding towards an inevitable fiery doom.

Self-preservation is very powerful, especially when faced head-on with ongoing climate disaster.

The fires in Colorado are piddling. What we're going to see in the next decade will be much, much worse. When climate change affects millions of Americans, the demand for action will be loud, and it will happen. It will be too late to save a lof of the planet, likely the coastal communities, but it will slow down, and perhaps the polar ice caps won't melt entirely.

I'm in my 50s, so I won't see this disaster in my lifetime, not the end of the world as predicted. But my children will have to deal with it, as will their children. I'm ashamed that my generation didn't see this coming and stop it, and I'm part of that problem. I own a gas-guzzling car, and have for years. I never recycled until about 10 years ago. I heat my house with oil. Not one of these things is good for the planet.

If we all pitch in and vote for politicians who will force the oil companies to stop producing oil, and start using renewable sources of energy only, that's a start. If we all demandn electric cars, stop driving so much, stop using so much plastic, that will make a small dent in this disaster.

But individual action isn't going to stop it. We need to stop the 80 or so global corporations, mostly oil companies, who are driving climate change. Stop. Them. Now. Give up our cars, give up our plastic and oil-based lifestyle. let go of it.

Not a single thing on the Titanic was made of plastic. Think about that. They had a nice lifestyle, those people, without a piece of plastic. We can give up plastic too if we start now. [/quote]

Agree but I’m 47 and have been aware of climate change for at least 25 years. It’s a big reason that I have no biological children. Gore talked about climate change in the mid-late 1990s. We had time to deal with it and choose not to.[/quote]

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