Post #2322033

2023-07-28 11:58 UTC

@perpetualmystic@universeodon.com @bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot I see it pretty much the same way. People say that there’s still time if we take drastic action now. That is a very large IF. It ignores the very real possibility that we will continue to do basically nothing. I don’t know why it’s so taboo to predict that we will fail this test. On our current trajectory it seems irrational to believe otherwise. Maybe it’s an extension of our cultural reluctance to acknowledge mortality and failure.

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@perpetualmystic@universeodon.com 2023-07-28 15:26

@markcooper@mastodon.online @bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot Exactly. Especially for those of us who tried to fight this fight for the last 30+ years. And during that time, the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere has increased, year after year, with only a small decline when covid hit. There is no reason to expect that it will decline any time in the near future. That's not being a doomer, or an alarmist, it's being realistic. I found it hard to have hope back in the early 90's, but I desperately clung to it, believing that people would wake and make changes. But now, we are locked in to the next 20-30 years, no matter WHAT we do. I don't think a lot of people realize, or admit that. I would rather focus on acceptance and adaptation rather than try to prevent what is unpreventable at this point.

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