Well-written piece by David. I agree that the only way that we get politicians to meaningfully enact climate policy at this point, is if it becomes a priority for the public. In other words, the public pressure has to outweigh the pressure from the oil and gas lobby.
green_tory on
Yes, because we are already experiencing them.
Hundreds of people died in a heatwave in BC, the town of Lytton burned to the ground, there’s serious wildfires every year, crops fail due to drought or unseasonal temperatures. And that’s just BC.
>It’s still possible to move off this destructive path, but not if we continue to elevate human-invented economic systems and politics above the foundation of our existence, which is nature: clean air, safe water, rich soil, toxic-free food and sunlight.
Those systems and policies are foundational to our existence. You don’t get the western consumer suburbanite lifestyle without cheap products, global shipping, and individual commuting vehicles. In other places where they do things differently we would say that our way of life doesn’t exist there.
That’s why it’s so difficult for us: our way of life *requires* cheap international freight, disposable consumer goods, meat at every meal, suburban sprawl and personal automobiles. Without those things it would no longer be our way of life as we know it; but it is those things we should be giving up or reducing our reliance on.
> But solutions are here. We just need to shift our priorities, hunker down and actualize them. We must all get involved.
Good luck with that. I’ve been advocating for as much since I was a young man in the 90s. I will keep voting Green, and reducing my own consumption, but it’s pointless so long as most of my neighbours happily climb into their F150s for short urban errands.
Tranter156 on
Climate has significantly changed already. The longer we wait the harder it will be. I am hopeful the world leaders in their forties to fifties seem to be willing to act once we get rid of the old guard who seem to be beholden to big oil. A generational change is likely the catalyst for addressing climate change
Curious-things1812 on
Well written piece.
The answer is yes though. We are well past any chance of escaping. We are now in “if we actually agree, what can we do to limit the scale of the damage on humanity; but make no mistake there will be damage, there will be great destruction”.
aldur1 on
We really need to tone it down with the rhetoric.
Clearly Canadians don’t care about „disasters“.
Look at what gets voters mad – inflation and cost of living. Disasters come and go. Inflation and cost living are relentess. It feels like they are lay seige to your life for months if not years.
Climate change is scary, but not Hollywood scary more like 1979 energy crisis scary -but with no end in sight.
I think we’ll take climate change seriously when Canadians feel how it affects their pocket books.
Upset-Government-856 on
Yeah, were f***ed. In theory some well coordinated intentional geoengineering could work with a draw down of green house gasses to dodge most of the effects…
But we will 100% try and mess up the geo engineering and even while we are doing it wrong use it as a justification to keep burning carbon.
WW3 could stop further CO2 rise but it would end civilization just like climate change, so it’s horrible and pointless.
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Well-written piece by David. I agree that the only way that we get politicians to meaningfully enact climate policy at this point, is if it becomes a priority for the public. In other words, the public pressure has to outweigh the pressure from the oil and gas lobby.
Yes, because we are already experiencing them.
Hundreds of people died in a heatwave in BC, the town of Lytton burned to the ground, there’s serious wildfires every year, crops fail due to drought or unseasonal temperatures. And that’s just BC.
>It’s still possible to move off this destructive path, but not if we continue to elevate human-invented economic systems and politics above the foundation of our existence, which is nature: clean air, safe water, rich soil, toxic-free food and sunlight.
Those systems and policies are foundational to our existence. You don’t get the western consumer suburbanite lifestyle without cheap products, global shipping, and individual commuting vehicles. In other places where they do things differently we would say that our way of life doesn’t exist there.
That’s why it’s so difficult for us: our way of life *requires* cheap international freight, disposable consumer goods, meat at every meal, suburban sprawl and personal automobiles. Without those things it would no longer be our way of life as we know it; but it is those things we should be giving up or reducing our reliance on.
> But solutions are here. We just need to shift our priorities, hunker down and actualize them. We must all get involved.
Good luck with that. I’ve been advocating for as much since I was a young man in the 90s. I will keep voting Green, and reducing my own consumption, but it’s pointless so long as most of my neighbours happily climb into their F150s for short urban errands.
Climate has significantly changed already. The longer we wait the harder it will be. I am hopeful the world leaders in their forties to fifties seem to be willing to act once we get rid of the old guard who seem to be beholden to big oil. A generational change is likely the catalyst for addressing climate change
Well written piece.
The answer is yes though. We are well past any chance of escaping. We are now in “if we actually agree, what can we do to limit the scale of the damage on humanity; but make no mistake there will be damage, there will be great destruction”.
We really need to tone it down with the rhetoric.
Clearly Canadians don’t care about „disasters“.
Look at what gets voters mad – inflation and cost of living. Disasters come and go. Inflation and cost living are relentess. It feels like they are lay seige to your life for months if not years.
Climate change is scary, but not Hollywood scary more like 1979 energy crisis scary -but with no end in sight.
I think we’ll take climate change seriously when Canadians feel how it affects their pocket books.
Yeah, were f***ed. In theory some well coordinated intentional geoengineering could work with a draw down of green house gasses to dodge most of the effects…
But we will 100% try and mess up the geo engineering and even while we are doing it wrong use it as a justification to keep burning carbon.
WW3 could stop further CO2 rise but it would end civilization just like climate change, so it’s horrible and pointless.