Oso planning to go pro
We had a good run.UN: Earth 'Firmly on Track Toward an Unlivable World'https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/04/04/un-climate-report-unlivable-world/7269194001/
"Incredibly cheap renewables" Do we need a shift to renewable energy? Absolutely. Is it "incredibly cheap", especially at scale? Hardly.
I firmly believe that humans will continue to ignore the problem until things get REALLY bad. What seems like a mild inconvenience now will be ignored until there is no water in the west, too much water in FL, and meat is financially nonviable. Then people will wonder how we got there, and by then the cost of fixing the problem will be much more than it currently is.We are the frogs in the boiling pot, and the water is steaming right now.
Isn't this how "we" deal with all problems Social Security going broke, Massive Debt, out of control Health Care Costs, etc. Live for today and let the next generation figure it out. It's sad but I doubt it ever changes because it is easier to ignore the problem and elect people talking about all kinds of straw men rather than what really needs to be dealt with.
"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit."I've been told there was a time when America did this, but I'll be damned if I've ever seen it.
It's not just America, it's pretty much all of human nature. We focus only on the short term because for most of humanity's existence, we just had to worry about finding our next meal and not getting eaten by a lion. Give me an example of when in human history people have made a significant short term sacrifices to benefit society a generation or more later?
The Iroquois had what is called the 7th generation philosophy, dated back to the writing of the Great Law of Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Might have worked if their civilization wasn't eradicated.
Maybe there is a lesson in there somewhere.
Don't trust white people?
What good is planning for seven generations out when something unforeseen is going to wipe you out in the short-term?
I like my lesson better.
Self interest is what drives societies and some times those self interests can drive societies apart and lead to their own self "eradication". https://www.ushistory.org/us/1d.asp
self eradication? Yeah, it had nothing to do with the "settlers".
FWIW, as I recall the Iroquois main downfall was aligning themselves with the British as opposed to the Americans around and during the Revolutionary War. They did very well with the "settlers" for a long time.
I mean, the Americans pushed them out no matter where they went. Manifest Destiny ensured their genocide. Them choosing the British or French over the people actually forcefully removing them was just common sense. What other choice did they have?
Manifest Destiny and the western movement happened a good 75 years after that. Im just saying the Revolutionary War was an added wrinkle to what had been a decent relationship with the Dutch/British for close to 200 years in the Americas