
Originally Posted by
Lëzen
Of course humans have had some effect here. But whether it's a particularly significant impact is what scientists are still debating. Of course, the scientists we see on T.V. all the time are the ones telling us that "We did this, it's time to act now, blah blah blah." But I see all that as a bunch of propaganda set up by people like Gore to try and guilt people into helping to clean up the environment.
Not that helping the environment is a bad thing. Not at all. It's just kinda...low, putting it in the guise of "see what your carelessness has done? You people have caused global warming!" Eat my ass.
The key point is that because global warming is something that would have happened even without humans fucking up the environment (with our excessive emissions and what have you), A) we're not solely responsible and B) there's nothing we can do to quote/unquote "stop" it. Stopping the progression of global warming - or even slowing it substantially, for that matter - is nothing but a pipe dream. It's gonna happen, no matter what we do or don't do. So if you recycle, drive a Prius, and buy only local produce, kudos to you for living an expensive life laden with inconveniences. Doesn't mean those who aren't doing the above are to blame for all this.
To me, it all sounds like a huge cop-out...one big excuse not to do what every other animal does when they're subjected to change: Adapt. I thought humans were resiliant and highly adaptable, but apparently not so much as I had previously thought.
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