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Originally Posted by Chris
But you don’t deny being a geography lecturer ...  Government is thinking long term. There are costs of action as well as inaction. |
The costs of inaction are disasterous and probably irreversible. The costs of action we all need to shoulder. This Govt. doesn't think beyond next week atm, sidetracked by crap like Brexit and it's own survival, which are insignificant irrelevances in comparison.
( yes, I would dearly love to be a Geography teacher complete with the lovely courduroy jacket and elbow pads
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Originally Posted by Carth
Doesn't matter how many trees we plant in the UK, it won't replace those lost worldwide every week.
I could car share to work every day for a year and still not put a dent in the emissions from a bunch of MP's flying across Europe to an Environmental meeting.
We could all stop eating beef/pork/lamb/chicken . . . and then spend millions on high emission equipment needed to plough & sow the fields, and then harvest the vegetables required to feed everyone.
. . . or we could invest in floating farms/villages for when the floods come  |
Or we just treat it as a joke, and leave for the next generation to deal with. Except we'll be past the tipping point by then, and there's nothing they'll be able to do.
Yes its needs to be Global action. Trump is an issue but he'll soon be gone. We could take the lead and make the World respect and follow us again. It has to start somewhere.