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48. It is not true.

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 09:40 PM

Oct 2012

Plenty of people care. I personally worry about it every day. The problem is that the people who care are not the ones who have the power to make the changes necessary to reverse global warming. Sure, we can do what we can about our individual carbon footprints; but if we want the planet to stop warming up we basically have to change the way things are made and the way people get from point a to point b. Conservation alone cannot do that.

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"We are in a planetary emergency." [View all] MindMover Oct 2012 OP

No one cares davidn3600 Oct 2012 #1

I do. I think quite a few others do as well. Live and Learn Oct 2012 #26

No, I think we are the majority.... daleanime Oct 2012 #88

I think it has more to do with basic human psychology.... tex-wyo-dem Oct 2012 #44

I absolutely agree. defacto7 Oct 2012 #99

The story of Easter Island demonstrates, on a small scale, closeupready Oct 2012 #105

Wrong. Plenty of people care. Zoeisright Oct 2012 #47

The problem is Dems aren't really doing one god damned thing about it, either. villager Oct 2012 #52

A $90 billion investment is not nothing. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #72

It's not bad, but we know that a many-years-off investment in some green technologies... villager Oct 2012 #87

Let's set the record straight. The large part of the money went for energy efficiency JDPriestly Oct 2012 #96

I didn't read the CSMonitor as critical. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #101

It will pay off. There is no alternative to green energy. None. JDPriestly Oct 2012 #112

Green energy will not save the day. abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #136

We will downsize and rely on green energy for what we can get. I understand that. JDPriestly Oct 2012 #143

Most of those people don't have deep pockets and an army of lobbyists working for them. Selatius Oct 2012 #68

It is not true. Plaid Adder Oct 2012 #48

Not true RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #51

Most of us care. Le Taz Hot Oct 2012 #59

I think you are right. Bohunk68 Oct 2012 #81

Many care, but not enough to get out in the streets with Occupy to Zorra Oct 2012 #69

bravo!! Duppers Oct 2012 #74

I've been on strike for a decade tama Oct 2012 #113

Actually I think its normalcy bias with most people Ya Basta Oct 2012 #75

Insurance companies care. n/t 2on2u Oct 2012 #78

Yes, their data keepers as well as the DOD know the dangers and have prepared for them. freshwest Oct 2012 #89

I care so much it is my number one issue. Chemisse Oct 2012 #82

mine too stuntcat Oct 2012 #85

I don't like where all this is going, but...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #118

It's not that no one cares thetonka Oct 2012 #94

The people who care abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #135

And it does help that, to quote the article... Speck Tater Oct 2012 #2

Yes, Psychopathic Capitalism and the Corporate Media MindMover Oct 2012 #3

Corporations killed us all, in the end. We, the people were not strong enough, nor smart enough. N/T AAO Oct 2012 #34

Yeah but we got alotta cheap shit & cool gadgets! CrispyQ Oct 2012 #83

You won't see a ton of comments to this I bet Iwasthere Oct 2012 #4

What is there to say? LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #7

How about huge panels or tarps to trap sunlight ... MindMover Oct 2012 #11

We're trying to convert to solar. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #12

We put Rover on Mars, We can save this planet ... MindMover Oct 2012 #16

Can be and will be are two different things. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #21

The religious second coming argument is becoming less MindMover Oct 2012 #23

I want to live where you live. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #42

This is one of the better articles on the subject ... MindMover Oct 2012 #63

I'm not convinced. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #65

Thankfully I am not trying nor do I have to convince you ... MindMover Oct 2012 #67

There is also this: LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #70

same here, L&P Duppers Oct 2012 #79

I imagine that when it comes to religion, we hear what better validates our biases. LanternWaste Oct 2012 #93

I understand LanternWaste. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #98

Same thing goes for the "We Can't Fix The Climate Problem!" crap..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #127

Better get on it then... marions ghost Oct 2012 #39

If extra electricity could be sold, they would csziggy Oct 2012 #49

Again, money. That requires a huge investment in infrastructure. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #61

It's not just about landlords not bothering thetonka Oct 2012 #95

Time to storm city hall? LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #100

Paint the rooftops white Bluestar Oct 2012 #102

Cease big box stores and their black humungo parking lots. glinda Oct 2012 #107

I think of this every day Auggie Oct 2012 #27

I don't see it as an emergency because there is no urgent intervention that could stop it slackmaster Oct 2012 #5

But it didn't have to be that way. GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #8

If you can explain how we can go back in time and make it didn't happen slackmaster Oct 2012 #9

We wait for the last of the Humpback whales to die, and for GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #17

PBMUS = Please Beam Me Up Scotty ... MindMover Oct 2012 #28

Yes, please! GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #33

that's right stuntcat Oct 2012 #86

As is Fukishima, "because there is no urgent intervention that could stop it" dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #25

The science seriously disagrees with you, slackmaster. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #120

I fully understand that it is TECHNICALLY possible, and even believe the USA could do its share slackmaster Oct 2012 #141

Sadly, you may be correct on this. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #144

It is a human emergency, not a planetary emergency Agnosticsherbet Oct 2012 #6

We could accidentally Venu-form the atmosphere. The Doctor. Oct 2012 #10

Such things have happened before... Agnosticsherbet Oct 2012 #103

Not even close. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #121

Ummm.... really? The Doctor. Oct 2012 #146

We may not know all the specifics, but we do know...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #147

So, you're certain something can't happen, The Doctor. Oct 2012 #148

The truth is, I'm being realistic, Doc. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #149

Did you miss my qualifications? The Doctor. Oct 2012 #150

I absolutely did not. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #151

Can you explain why Mercury is cooler than Venus? The Doctor. Oct 2012 #152

I didn't say what you thought I said re: Venus. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #153

Fair enough. The Doctor. Oct 2012 #154

Obviously, the planet's ecosystem doesn't need us. TahitiNut Oct 2012 #14

If you don't love yourself tama Oct 2012 #41

We shit where we eat. TahitiNut Oct 2012 #43

I don't tama Oct 2012 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Oct 2012 #80

Very true. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #122

The planet is neither alive nor sentient... Agnosticsherbet Oct 2012 #104

AMEN MindMover Oct 2012 #110

You know that how? tama Oct 2012 #114

There is no current scientific theory of life that fits the planet itself as living. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2012 #128

Do you have evidence Mars is not sentient? tama Oct 2012 #129

I have seen no scientific theory or evidence... Agnosticsherbet Oct 2012 #130

It may be testable tama Oct 2012 #132

Adaptation and evolution are a species wide biological action. A single member of the species... Agnosticsherbet Oct 2012 #133

I believe tama Oct 2012 #134

What data in the experiment would be validating factors. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2012 #137

Horticulture (growing plants) tama Oct 2012 #139

Nah, we won't go extinct. We've survived a lot worse than this. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #124

Thank you, 2000 Supreme Court and George W. Bush AZ Progressive Oct 2012 #13

I doubt that Al Gore could have had any real influence on the bigger fossil fuel picture slackmaster Oct 2012 #15

It is the very probably true. And Jesus said to GOD,"Forgive them they know not what they do." The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #32

If the country had listened to Jimmy Carter in 1977 csziggy Oct 2012 #50

Very good point RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #53

No one wants to be the one to tell Americans they have to cut back their lifestyles. CrispyQ Oct 2012 #84

History is going to look at America very badly AZ Progressive Oct 2012 #97

Nice article. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #18

Peter Sinclair runs Climate Denial Crock of the Week bananas Oct 2012 #62

I'm a fan of his. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #71

Same username at youtube and twitter and du bananas Oct 2012 #73

Thanks. nt =) AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #123

We need a collective mass movement to address the climate emergency. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #19

Collectively we have the power ... "We the People" MindMover Oct 2012 #20

Yes. Education and action. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #22

Thank you for your continued resistance to The Psychopathic Machine ... MindMover Oct 2012 #66

K&R silverweb Oct 2012 #24

Yup, but don't talk about that Pharaoh Oct 2012 #29

fail Locrian Oct 2012 #30

The new consciousness is here ... MindMover Oct 2012 #31

An excellent point. davidthegnome Oct 2012 #36

We will, but...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #126

Interestingly I just watched a Nat Geo Documentary Savannahmann Oct 2012 #35

It is very common Danmel Oct 2012 #45

It is insane isn't it? Savannahmann Oct 2012 #76

Well, regardless of what you may THINK, Savannah, I KNOW for a fact..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #125

I saw that too. progressoid Oct 2012 #46

So sad. "Psychopathic Capitalism" is right - not even our own... polichick Oct 2012 #37

One of the big scientific questions mick063 Oct 2012 #38

Methane turn over. Anybody remember the BP oil spill in Spring of 2010? DhhD Oct 2012 #40

We still need NASA RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #55

Lots of people care, but far too few care enough to do anything. Kennah Oct 2012 #54

Consuming less would be a start RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #56

I've had this conversation with the wife Kennah Oct 2012 #111

Not everyone. Not by near. tama Oct 2012 #115

EMP the planet HeeBGBz Oct 2012 #57

It's like our house is on fire Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #60

That toilet paper thing is pretty important to me. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2012 #108

I like it too tama Oct 2012 #117

Not to mention that...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #119

we're a suicidal species laruemtt Oct 2012 #64

Not species tama Oct 2012 #116

god help us cilla4progress Oct 2012 #77

HELLO ruffburr Oct 2012 #90

DAMN! And I thought American MSM sucked. robertpaulsen Oct 2012 #91

Corporate Media and Psychopathic Capitalism .... MindMover Oct 2012 #92

K&R n/t glinda Oct 2012 #106

Oh well. Easy come, easy go. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2012 #109

No, We're Not! ProfessorGAC Oct 2012 #131

The problem isn't really apathy Spike89 Oct 2012 #138

We do: tama Oct 2012 #140

Fascinating links, thanks nt Spike89 Oct 2012 #145

And you get TWO chances to vote kenny blankenship Oct 2012 #142