Anyone else surprised that there isn’t more uproar about global warming right now?

[fluffythecat1]

In the grips of an unprecedentedly hot summer, schools closing, fridges breaking down in many supermarkets, impending drought. How come there is not more popular protest as we experience properly for the first time what the future will hold? It is a problem for global leaders and governments, however I’m surprised that Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain, or a similar grassroots radical protest organisation isn’t harnessing the momentum. It doesn’t seem such an abstract issue right now.

Ah but what’s the insurance on it like?

Legally exempt for insurance and road tax.

Uproar in china- have not heard of it.
India - nope no.prtests there
The US - some protests but not designed for it.
The middle east - haha I don't see it, let's build an island in the shape of "I dont give a fuck"

I don't think we hear much about it because many people don't believe that the abnormally hot weather we are experiencing this summer is a result of global warming or climate change. They just keep saying 'Its summer,what do you expect?'. Despite the fact that they've had it explained to them numerous times that summer in the UK doesn't normally equate to temperatures in the high 20s to upper 30s for weeks at a time! There seems to be far more people who love boiling hot weather than hate it,so if it's an effect of global warming,they're not going to make a fuss about it.

This is what I was trying to say in my post, although I know more people who are loving it than hating it. I think you've hit the nail on the head with the word 'minimisers'. That is exactly what they do. 'Its summer,what did you expect?' is the familiar cry. Well, I certainly don't expect temperatures in the UK that are the norm for Spain to go on for several weeks!

Let's see how they fare if the AMOC collapses

We have done what we can as a family, conserving energy and water, we recycle, EVs/hybrid and solar panels and reducing carbon footprint but when data centres are using loads more energy and water plus US fossil fuel industry still carrying on as normal as is India I am not marching up in London as a protest when people are thrown in jail even for peaceful protest.

People are not thrown in jail for a peaceful protest.

I didn’t even know there are other ways to heat a home. 🤷🏻‍♀️

There are other ways if you own your own property and also have a few thousand pounds to spare

A few thousand? For lots of people (including us), it would run to tens of thousands.

Well exactly. My point was that you have to be in quite a privileged position to even contemplate making green energy changes to your home. You have to own your own home for a start, and have a fair bit of cash to spare on top.

A third of the UK rents so don't even have any choice at all.

I think we are lucky in some ways that the hot weather currently has a lower impact here than in Europe.

The fires, rivers drying up and the consequences of shutting down nuclear power plants that supply electricity. The ongoing drought also has an impact on food production, we will be feeling the consequences in the coming months. We are at the beginning of the ill effects of climate change.