Re:California to Require All New Vehicles Be Zero-Emission b...
by kristopolous on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:11PM
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We have a responsibility to those not yet born to shepherd this world.
I wish for future generations to look back at our time and say it was humanity's finest hour.
It's our duty to be nothing less. Our time is now, we are our only hope.
Re:California to Require All New Vehicles Be Zero-Emission b...
by ogre_codes on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:49PM
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> I wish for future generations to look back at our time and say it was humanity's finest hour.
Finest hour? It's 90 seconds to midnight... if we're gonna shine, we don't have an hour!
I'm with you though.
Re:California to Require All New Vehicles Be Zero-Emission b...
by raytracer on Thursday September 24, 2020 @03:20AM
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It's possible to actively support positive change at the same time as having little hope our collective actions will avert catastrophic climate change.
Re:California to Require All New Vehicles Be Zero-Emission b...
by dimnsionofsound on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:46PM
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Agreed. I'm not having kids and trying not to get too down on the daily about the future of our species. Based on what I know about human nature I see almost no realistic way out of this without some sort of technological deus-ex-machina to come and save us.
There is literally nothing we can do to stop what's going to happen over the next hundred years. Elimination of emissions and massive investment in CO2 capture over the next hundred years might make the next hundred less terrible?
So my philosophy is to try and enjoy what we have as much as I possibly can and vote and support what little change I can.
Sadly, as climate declines, I suspect there will be a negative feedback loop. Economies will decline and the capability & willpower to invest in the future will decline along with the funds needed to improve the world.