Mustang
Gold Member
I've got good news for the RW in America, although it's bad news for the world.
The human race will never rise to meet the challenge that is climate change for two very simple reasons.
First of all, there are too many powerful interests all over the world who have hundreds of billions (if not trillions) of dollars of a financial interest in everything from the production of relatively cheap energy to the manufacture of everything from badly needed products which make life easier to mountains of worthless junk which can be sold for profit to someone somewhere only to be discarded a short time later.
The second reason is because, by nature, human beings (otherwise known as people, in general) are basically grasping and selfish. Understandably, they want the kind of comfort that internal combustion and electricity can help provide. That includes everything from nice cars, to air conditioning, and central heating. They (We) also like our toys.
Unfortunately, to meet the challenge of climate change, the human race would have to embrace a life of less gratuitous conspicuous consumption which also would probably translate to considerably less personal comfort (which would almost certainly mean more inconvenience and hardship, as well). As for me, from what I can tell from pretty much everyone I meet, the American pioneering spirit of enduring hardship for a better tomorrow for themselves, future generations of their families, and any sense of well-being for their community as a whole, only exits today in old movies and history books. Today, most people only think about themselves and getting what they want. And then, once they get it (whatever it may happen to be), they move on to the very next thing on their wish list. That means that factories will continue to churn out cheap crap for us to use, then discard, only to rush to the store to buy more junk.
