| > until they're undeniably upon us We're undeniably impacted by climate change right this very second. You can take a drive along the Eastern coast of the United States and see water flooding the yards of homes that are all for sale. Likewise everyone I've heard of buying costal or near sea-level property has had a hell of a time getting a mortgage because it's hard to find flood insurance. You can watch the Arctic melt almost before your eyes [0]. If that doesn't shock someone right now, then I doubt the first blue ocean event will make a difference either. Coral reefs are being critically threatened right now from ocean acidification, you can watch them die. Arctic winds leaking out of the North as the polar vortex fails wreaked havoc across Texas. The Sierra snow pack, essential for the maintenance of the fresh water supply for both California and Nevada continues to worsen and worsen with what are becoming rare years of it returning. Record drought in the West causes continually devastating wildfires which are also sources of massive CO2 emissions. All these are just a few off the top of my head that I've noticed. Just like pandemic, which still has its fair share of deniers, there will be non-trivial subsets of the population that adamantly deny that climate change is happening even if the entire Midwest were to turn into a dust bowl again. Demagogue after demagogue will emerge to point the finger at some group of people. But I full agree with your sentiment. Compared to climate change, solving pandemic should have been a cakewalk. If we had solved pandemic quickly I would still be skeptical about climate change because it is so much harder to stop. But since we utterly failed to address pandemic, it is already far too late to image we have any change to alter the path climate change is taking. Maybe denial is ultimately the best approach for those that can't move towards horrific acceptance. [0]. https://www.arcticdeathspiral.org/ |