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- Mar 11, 2022
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Because it didn't affect them.I ask myself all of the time. People, especially Indigenous peoples have tried to stop this, but the powers at be and the majority of people just do not seemed concerned.
70s or 80s iirc? I know less about this than I probably should. As for why we did nothing - a lot of factors, fossil fuel industry had and still has a ridiculous level of influence over politics, people weren't and still aren't willing to give up convenience and creature comforts (or in the case of the richest, their opulence and unearned sense of superiority as they lord over us and flex) to prevent a disaster a) that seems far away b) we somehow still argue whether it exists at all, despite universal consensus among anyone not paid off to say otherwise. The truth of how badly we fucked up is so crushingly bleak that we resort to magical thinking along the lines of "technology will fix it" while we carry on making things worse, when clearly the only solution is cutting consumption across the board and radically redefining how we relate to the flora, fauna and each other... some years ago. At least we get to watch the slowmo downfall of humanity in real time on our pocket-sized nightmare screens?
Our chimneys even when not in use contribute more carbon than their smoke stacks do lolIt became a more popular idea in the 1980s, but the Greenhouse Effect was known as early as the 1820s! As for why we didn't do anything, I really think the biggest reason is because companies weren't, and really still aren't, willing to cut down on their own carbon footprints because they don't want to take short term hits to their bottom lines. Why do you think most outlets try to push the burden onto the consumer when, unless you are running a factory in your backyard, you are a climate ant in comparison to pretty much any major company. That's not to say there isn't more we could be doing as a whole but unless companies cut back drastically we can't do nearly enough to make an actual dent at this point.
Around the 80s I think, at least that's when all the Captain Planet stuff started.
I think wanting to save the environment is equally selfish anyway since nature itself will be able to survive even through climate change, it just won't be as livable for us human beings but then if we're the problem, then isn't trying to do something about it also going against nature?
Apathetic and lazy assholes like me are the reason it's gotten this bad.