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Originally Posted by Thor
Sure the doom and gloom can be annoying, but lets be clear, there is a lot of scientists in many varying fields sounding alarm bells that we are on a trajectory towards doing massive harm to our planet, our species and our ecosystem. The costs of which in dollars will be beyond immense.
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Now we could tell people to not use scare tactics, to sugar coat this, but why? If you accept the science and understand what is at stake here then we need to speak truth to the masses.
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Part of the problem is some of the notable scientists and public figures who are sounding the alarm bells are also hypocritical in their own carbon footprint. I'm not talking about travel, as that could be considered necessary to get the message out. We all know about how David Suzuki and Al Gore live in massive houses with huge carbon footprints; and more than one house in Suzuki's case.
I know there are also people like Bill Nye who have gone to great lengths to green their homes; so obviously it isn't everybody. However there are enough to give the people who doubt human involvement reason to pause. If the people advocating this can't be bothered to green their own homes, why should I?