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In reply to the discussion: This is why the Earth is screwed. And no, your Tesla and digital thermostat don't help. [View all]DFW
(54,045 posts)24. I think in the end it will come down to one issue
Clean, potable water.
Those who have access to itlots of itwill survive. Those who do not will either perish, or else fight to the death over access to it.
You want to meet someone who is REALLY pro-life? Thats the person dedicating their life to building and improving de-salinization installations. Now, THAT is my definition of pro-life, not some deranged Sadist who wants to send raped pre-pubescent girls or their gynecologists to prison.
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This is why the Earth is screwed. And no, your Tesla and digital thermostat don't help. [View all]
WarGamer
Sep 2022
OP
yeah... the "haves" will be tremendously advantaged in the future climate situation.
WarGamer
Sep 2022
#27
No, my answer is to educate people to act ethically and make it easy for them to do so.
meadowlander
Sep 2022
#32
Tens of millions of people are already doing this but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
meadowlander
Sep 2022
#36
This is literally the justification that Samuel L. Jackson's character used in Kingsman.
Initech
Sep 2022
#15
The average Indian or Pakistani individual has about 1/10th the footprint of an American
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2022
#25