In the modern world that exists today, people's views are often dominated by media. Some might wonder how people can tune out what they hear on TV almost every day. Virtually everyone is aware of climate change and global warming but very few tend to act on the numerous warnings that they receive. I'm sure that there are many reasons for this but at the same time I'm sure that if the worst of global warming were to happen their reasons will seem like nothing.
The reason that many people tend to ignore global warming is that taking significant action would harm their daily lives and possibly the economy affecting everyone. They would have to lower their pollution and maybe even have to buy an electric car in the future. People would have to turn to cleaner sources of energy. They would have to change their lifestyles and recreational activities to something more friendly to the planet. You wouldn't see any more Ferrari's and Lamborghini's and air travel would change drastically. And worst of all, because of all these major changes, many large companies would go bankrupt and the result would be millions of lost jobs and entire countries losing there main source of income. Some industries that would be severely affected are mining, automobile manufacturing, the food industry because many would turn to locally grown things instead, and many other very large sources of jobs and income. All of this might be avoided if we acted soon and stopped denying global warming. Even if it can't be avoided we would eventually recover a lot easier than if the worst of global warming were to hit us.
You don't have to be a genius to figure all of this out. Many people already know this, so what allows them to keep a blind eye to global warming? The single largest reason if you ask me is hoping that the issue will be resolved by others. That they will let others sacrifice large parts of their lives and just watch on the sidelines. If a single person did this it wouldn't have much impact at all. The problem is that every human being has to get over the fact that sitting back will only lead to failure because many others will do the same. Power comes in numbers. We won't change anything unless the entire world agrees to do their part because the first word of global warming is global, not local, not national, not anything else. If the world instead turned a blind eye to the skeptics and deniers, they would catch on too.
If you're still not convinced take a look at this video and forward it to others. Even if one person has their opinion changed or influenced it will make a difference.
Like you just heard, you can't be certain whether global warming is real or not, you can only choose how to act. The best thing that anyone can do to make a difference is to convince others to lower their emissions and change their lifestyle for the benefit of the world. For significant action to happen, you can't sit back and hope for the best. If you are serious about wanting change you can write to the government and start your own blog to research this issue further.
Jimmy,
ReplyDeletevery compelling and convincing. The videos you include hammer home your point. what about the many who deny that we are harming the planet? What can you say to them. I am hoping that your blog will help to convince people to act.
What are the most effective things we should be doing? What are your plans, short, medium and long term? Are we capable of action that can make a difference now? What about over population? There are those who blame our issues on too many people.
TC
tcomfort,
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, humans ARE responsible for global warming and they're the only ones that can stop it. Although, like the video above mentioned, I can't be completely sure. In the end it doesn't really matter if it's our fault or not, the consequences of doing nothing are far greater than the consequences of acting and finding out we had no control over the issue anyway.
I think there are two things anybody who wants to make a difference should do:
1) Make sure you keep doing the things that you hear mentioned all the time (don't pollute, recycle, find forms of transportation other than a car when possible, etc.). It doesn't seem like a lot but when everybody starts doing it, it makes a huge difference.
2) Big changes will only come when powerful governments and large companies agree to reduce their emissions. This won't come easily because a lot of money comes from places that pollute (mining, manufacturing, transportation). The only way this will happen is by policy/law changes. These will only happen when the majority of the population is in favor and many people might vote against it in fear of losing their jobs if companies start shutting down.
My short and medium term plans are to educate the population about arguably the biggest threat that we have ever witnesses and to try to make a difference. My long term plan is to continue blogging or something similar and hopefully make an impact on our future at a much larger scale.
Over population is definitely a very significant part of global warming and we will have to overcome it soon or we might not have a population at all if the worst predictions of global warming end up happening. I might look deeper into this issue in the future.
I think that we are definitely capable of avoiding this potential disaster. It will take a lot of sacrifice from regular individuals and even more from large companies that make a lot of money by polluting. The reason that this might be the biggest threat humanity has ever faced is because it is truly global and we will have to give up one of today's most treasured things, money. Every one will have to see the bigger picture and give up some of their profit for the sake of maintaining a habitable planet.
I have a feeling and a hope that big changes will come in the near future so that eventually we can look back and feel like we've made the right decision.
Jimmy
Nice post Jimmy looking forward to more.
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