Re:Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
by dexen on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:28PM
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>I wish I could downvote this 100 times
There's a reason we don't give people more voting power in politics, economics, etc., based on the strength of their convictions.
If you want to have people follow proposals and programs you espouse, package the proposals & programs properly. "Pay more taxes to maintain status quo" doesn't cut it. "Earth will be uninhabitable in X years" has been cried one thousand times too many and will never be believable.
"Cheaper energy and nicer cars and cleaner environment and happier dolphins and less waste" is great. Even better, the case makes itself: most people have already witnessed great improvements in all those through our lifetimes, and can easily imagine more of the good stuff.
There's a reason we don't give people more voting power in politics, economics, etc., based on the strength of their convictions.
If you want to have people follow proposals and programs you espouse, package the proposals & programs properly. "Pay more taxes to maintain status quo" doesn't cut it. "Earth will be uninhabitable in X years" has been cried one thousand times too many and will never be believable.
"Cheaper energy and nicer cars and cleaner environment and happier dolphins and less waste" is great. Even better, the case makes itself: most people have already witnessed great improvements in all those through our lifetimes, and can easily imagine more of the good stuff.
A pale blue dot, if you can keep it.