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Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by blondie9x on Sunday August 27, 2017 @03:58PM (#15112390)
Please please please help fight climate change. Stand up get mad. Fight the system. Do everything you can to fight the fossil fuel industry and save Earth for our posterity.
Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by cropsieboss on Sunday August 27, 2017 @04:05PM (#15112423)
The biggest chuck of CO2 footprint is heating and cooling. I'm pretty sure people don't want to stop using their AC.

Second biggest is cars and animal agriculture.

So, three most convenient things in the modern world, cooling, transportation and abundance of umami luxurious products and yet what, one industry to blame?

Climate change is happening because of the way society works, individuals works. It is a social problem.

What you need to fight is the ingrained greedy human nature. You need to fight the desire for convenience. Desire for luxury.

Many people will never inconvenience themselves by not eating animal products or by not driving a car, or by not cooling their rooms.

It's not the fault of the industry. It's a collective guilt shared by all and given that no one teaches you anywhere to fight against your greedy nature (well, maybe some religions somewhere do it right) I do not see how this will stop.

Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by closeparen on Sunday August 27, 2017 @04:13PM (#15112463)
There is enormous demand to relocate into more temperate and less car-dependent parts of the country. Indeed we will not abstain from cooling and motor transportation where they're required, but we can move to where they aren't required.
Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by chrisper on Sunday August 27, 2017 @04:09PM (#15112445)
He even lives in Los Angeles where all these 3 are heavily used (maybe more than in other places?).

LA has: lots of AC and lots of cars

Not quite in LA, but there is Harris Ranch nearby.

So if he really wants people to change he needs to start at his door, I suppose.

Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by FullMtlAlcoholc on Sunday August 27, 2017 @07:21PM (#15113365)
Los Angeles happens to be the most energy efficient in the country and residents are quite environmentally aware
Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by kobeya on Sunday August 27, 2017 @04:01PM (#15112401)
... you do know that hurricanes happen every year? And always have?
Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by blondie9x on Sunday August 27, 2017 @04:04PM (#15112415)
Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by blondie9x on Sunday August 27, 2017 @04:02PM (#15112405)
They are worsening because of climate change. You know it and I know it.
Re:Catastrophic flooding in Houston by FullMtlAlcoholc on Sunday August 27, 2017 @07:22PM (#15113374)
And the hurricanes are fueled by the amount of available water, which is increasing