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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are ways to mitigate climate change. First up, stop mowing your lawn so frequently (or at all). Stop using herbicide, anything with "cide" in it. Tear up that Mosquito Joe contract!! Replace your lawn with native plants and create a pollinator garden. (Call Miss Utility first though!) Insects are under threat everywhere and they support the whole food chain. A truly interesting read is Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson. He's in the UK but much of it is relevant to the US. (And he does advocate voting for the Green party, but as PP pointed out, that could backfire in the US.) Plant more trees. Even with a small yard, there are lots of native trees that are smaller. Farming practices need to change throughout the US. Still, if homeowners throughout the US convert from grass yards to biodiversity we could start a negative feedback loop against climate change. Don't sit around being discouraged. Do what you can, start now.[/quote]
Yes, all of this. We can always take our power back and mitigate disaster.[/quote]

All of you who truly believe we can as a society and civilization do the above are dreaming.  It's just too easy to live our lives in convenience and status quo.

Plastic.  Enough said.

Travel.  Enough said.

Steakhouses.  Enough said.

I mean - I know it sounds good and like you're going to have all these people change because you know, we all just "love" the earth and want to make sure we all poor and rich can live happily ever after.  It's not reality.  The rich will always be able to save themselves first.  They will always be more comfortable than the poor.  It doesn't matter how much your heart aches for that girl as PP said would be struggling, this is real life.  There's gonna be those who have and those who have not.  Even in a non climate changing world.  I say this as one of the "poor" or at least not that rich person who doesn't have to worry about impacts of global warming.

Let's face it - it's not just changing how your lawn gets mowed or maintained.  It's not just changing your diet.  It's not just changing your lifestyle in what you use too much of, waste, need to give up.  It's about doing a LOT of uncomfortable, different things to change JUST your own lifestyle.  Now multiply that number to have any impact by a zillion globally.  Please, I love that people like to believe things are possible because they may be willing to do something.  The rest of the world I guarantee will not want to do everything that is necessary to change our trajectory.  And that there is the key - NECESSARY changes - it's a lot.

In poor countries, when they hand out a different starch to those in need of food, they will reject for example certain grains just because it's not what they are used to.  Bulgar wheat will not do if it's not white rice, for example.  These are like starving families.  They just can't make that adaptation because they haven't hit the lowest point of actual starvation to the point of no return.  So now you want to talk about us as a society changing our lifestyles as a whole to combat climate change.  Did you see the party at the Oscars?  Do you see the celebrations for Super Bowl and other sports events?  Do you really think that people are willing to sacrifice their convenience and the little joys in wasting here and there, using what we shouldn't when there are healthier alternatives to be had?  I will.  You will.  97% of the rest of the population around the world will not.

And again, it's much more than just planting trees and changing the size of your yard.  It's how we live our lifestyles in general.  So yeah, maybe stop flying airplanes or driving to get out of town on your holidays forever if you truly want to do something impactful.  Stop using plastic everything.

The BEST we can hope for is to look for solutions to help ourselves survive when we are all faced with everything gone to hell.  Honestly, I love how people just want to keep running into the wall.  Everyone talks a great game of change, but when you find out exactly how much you will need to change and everyone at the same time needs to change, there is no way that is going to happen.  If it could happen, it would have already happened.  I don't know why people won't face the reality that it's a matter of time before our time actually runs out and it's likely a lot shorter than 30 years.  But we can use all our money, intelligence and creativity to figure out what our plan is to move forward given the new reality facing us.  That my friends would be akin to saving the world - because we would in fact be saving ourselves.

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