Our society is totally dependent on our environment. From the water we use to the air we breath, and we have no where else to go if we ruin our beautiful planet.
I don't know if the scientists who talk about models of carbon in our atmosphere are accurate or if I even believe them, but my question is, what if they are right? Do I really need to repeat that we have no where else to go?
We do know about the greenhouse effect. We know that is definitely true because all you have to do is go sit in your car on a hot day with the windows up. The car can be 20-50F hotter on the inside of the car than outside. The reason the inside is hotter is because of the carbon dioxide, CO2, content in the air. Sunlight is entering the car and pumping energy into the CO2 molecules.
This is a mini-version of why we are afraid of the greenhouse effect on the planet. The sun is pumping energy into the earth's atmosphere and we keep adding CO2 into our atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, and wood... Its pretty obvious the oil companies have a vested interest in denying there is a problem with using oil, and discrediting others as valid and viable energy sources. But really, should we jeopardize our home just so some extremely rich people can continue to make a profit? What I don't understand is its their home too.
The rich make it clear what kind of environment they want to live in. They want to be surrounded by trees and green grass, a more natural environment. The poor aren't deemed worthy of nature.
I don't know if the scientists who talk about models of carbon in our atmosphere are accurate or if I even believe them, but my question is, what if they are right? Do I really need to repeat that we have no where else to go?
We do know about the greenhouse effect. We know that is definitely true because all you have to do is go sit in your car on a hot day with the windows up. The car can be 20-50F hotter on the inside of the car than outside. The reason the inside is hotter is because of the carbon dioxide, CO2, content in the air. Sunlight is entering the car and pumping energy into the CO2 molecules.
This is a mini-version of why we are afraid of the greenhouse effect on the planet. The sun is pumping energy into the earth's atmosphere and we keep adding CO2 into our atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, and wood... Its pretty obvious the oil companies have a vested interest in denying there is a problem with using oil, and discrediting others as valid and viable energy sources. But really, should we jeopardize our home just so some extremely rich people can continue to make a profit? What I don't understand is its their home too.
The rich make it clear what kind of environment they want to live in. They want to be surrounded by trees and green grass, a more natural environment. The poor aren't deemed worthy of nature.
Unsustainable growth
This photo is from the Naples garbage crisis in 2010, and this is by far not the worst of them. Yes, its a garbage crisis but it is testament to how much junk we throw away every day. Everyday we buy stuff only to turn around and throw it away. All the packaging from the food we eat, last seasons clothes, shoes, sunglasses, gadgets which were cool when we bought them, which we now throw away, broken furniture... our whole economy is based on buying shit we don't need. The end result of this garbage is that it must be disposed of somewhere, and the planet has to deal with that too. This is the same reason why nuclear energy is not an option. We have to store the waste from reactors for centuries, longer than the concrete bunkers we store the drums full of the radioactive waste from the nuclear power plants will last. Nuclear power is a temporary solution and we are making a giant nightmare for the coming generations who will have to deal with our waste.
I have been arguing for a while now we need new economic models where most of what we buy doesn't end in landfill. Everything, including our houses are pretty much disposable. Designed so they last only so long before we need to repair them or replace them.
Corporations don't even consider they are making a profit unless they make a larger profit each year and even then it must be larger than what it was projected to be. When corporations do make profits larger than predicted, their CEOs are glorified as stock prices are bound to go up.
We have been conditioned to buy junk by television as an opiate to the boredom and more importantly the powerlessness we have over our lives. This makes us ripe to direct our anger at those who disagree with us. The way our economy is functioning is destroying not only our planet, it is destroying our country and ourselves. But more on this later.
I have been arguing for a while now we need new economic models where most of what we buy doesn't end in landfill. Everything, including our houses are pretty much disposable. Designed so they last only so long before we need to repair them or replace them.
Corporations don't even consider they are making a profit unless they make a larger profit each year and even then it must be larger than what it was projected to be. When corporations do make profits larger than predicted, their CEOs are glorified as stock prices are bound to go up.
We have been conditioned to buy junk by television as an opiate to the boredom and more importantly the powerlessness we have over our lives. This makes us ripe to direct our anger at those who disagree with us. The way our economy is functioning is destroying not only our planet, it is destroying our country and ourselves. But more on this later.
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