It's how government's keep control of the population. We have to have something to be scared about. I would add Nukes; Afghanistan (when the Russians invaded); the Falklands etc. Remember, we only started really worrying about the climate after the Berlin Wall came down.
Even for those of you who believe climate change isn't real or that the government uses it to control you with fear, what's the harm in at least using your own containers to reduce your waste? You can go visit a landfill or walk a public beach to see with your own eyes how much trash we spread everywhere.
Your own cloth bags instead of paper or plastic, reusable coffee cups for your morning coffee run, bring your own containers to certain stores bulk sections, body wash, shampoo, and conditioner bars, reusable straws. Employeeing any or all of these makes a huge difference, and you can still vote however you want.
Totally agree. We have been sorting/recycling for a few months now and it makes for cleaner and less smelly bins! Also I am looking to get an electric car when there are sufficient charging points around as it doesn't make sense to keep in relying upon a diminishing resource (oil). I also accept that the climate is changing, as it does on other planets as well (the Mars ice caps are melting!) but I am not about to give in to the sheer hysteria that surrounds the climate change debate because if some of the rubbish people are coming out with is true (only eleven years to go etc) then if you think logically about it, we are all doomed anyway, regardless of the steps we are taking now.
I think you have a healthy outlook on it. Ignore the "end of days" propaganda that's being pounded around, but let's continue to minimize our waste, clean things up, and keep pushing technology growth.
If I'm counting correctly the world was supposed to have ended as we know it over a dozen times this last century. Climate change, global warming, Y2K, global cooling, Super Volcano... Hell, weren't we supposed to have run out of oil in the 70s?
You are counting correctly. It's almost as if rhetoric of impending doom is helpful toward swaying public opinion and ultimately moving people to vote a certain way!
My big, ugly, old bag that I've been using for 3 years! It's a good bag.
Your own cloth bags instead of paper or plastic, reusable coffee cups for your morning coffee run, bring your own containers to certain stores bulk sections, body wash, shampoo, and conditioner bars, reusable straws. Employeeing any or all of these makes a huge difference, and you can still vote however you want.