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To despair about how little people, the media and politicians seem to care about the environment.

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bogwobbit · 18/11/2009 20:42

Particularly in view of this, which surprise, surprise didn't even make it onto the front page of the BBC News website.
Don't people care about what kind of hellworld they're leaving to their children. Or are they too busy watching X Factor. Or do they all just think it's one big con because a friend of a friend who's high up in the USA told them so, although about 99% of serious scientists say otherwise.
I know there's another thread about this - and tbh that made me despair too - but I was going to post this anyway.
I feel so strongly about it and hardly anyone else seems to give a s**t. I don't understand it.

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AgentZigzag · 18/11/2009 23:11

Uh...yeah...what unintended said to tell you the truth, it's pretty hard to get an objective and well evaluated view on climate change just because of the forcefulness of environmental fascists lobbyists, bit of a one sided debate really.

unintendedadult · 18/11/2009 23:13

madamearcati- You haven't said why they're heating up though, I think that might show that it is the Sun, and not our incidental carryingson

onagar · 18/11/2009 23:17

I think that what the politicians are doing is picking up (or inventing) causes that might gain votes with no long term plan.

There may or may not be a global warming problem, but no easy way for us to find out since all those we could ask have agendas of their own.

In any case I think most of the cures are just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. The only way to decrease our effect on the environment in the long run is to decrease the population (or at least to stop increasing it)

snorkie · 18/11/2009 23:31

I don't like the indoctrination aspect either.

however, I have noticed that a a general rule, younger people are more likely to recycle than older ones, so maybe it works to an extent.

AgentZigzag · 18/11/2009 23:35

Onagar, which country are you suggesting we start with? I'm not too keen on the cheese eating surrender monkeys lol

madamearcati · 19/11/2009 09:16

Well exactly Unintendedadult , that is the point I am trying to make .Some non-human factor , probably the sun is changing the climate on other planets,so why wouldn't that be the case with the earth ?

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