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We Just Lived Through Two of the Hottest Days Ever. Does Anyone Care? (www.rollingstone.com)

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 months ago (24 children)

For better or worse (definitely worse), we're going to stroll right into the horrors that global warming is going to give us. We won't start making necessary changes until it's way way past any tipping points.

The people that care have no power. The people in power are driven by capitalist profit motives.

If you're a sci-fi nerd like me we can hope aliens or a true AGI will take over and save us lol. Short of that I have no confidence, mad max dystopia by 2100 or sooner.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (11 children)

It doesn't take aliens or a true AGI; it takes stopping fossil fuel use, ending deforestation, and phasing out a few trace chemicals. Do that, and we end the rising temperatures

Making that happen is a matter of seizing power from those who profit from the current system of extraction and burning.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Oh I totally agree with you, but

a matter of seizing power from those who profit from the current system of extraction and burning.

This is the problem. To say this wouldn't be easy is a huge, gargantuan understatement.

The power and control is so far reaching and deep into the foundation of our society, I can't help being cynical. By using politics and propaganda techniques huge portions of the population have been convinced that global warming either isn't real, isn't important, or is actually a good thing. And this is only one hurdle to overcome along with many others.

The question is how do we seize power back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The answer varies a lot between countries. In ones where elections determine who holds power, they're a viable path to achieving change.