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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Aruntraveller on April 27, 2018, 09:07:50 AM

Title: Food for thought on climate change
Post by: Aruntraveller on April 27, 2018, 09:07:50 AM

Interesting and deeply disturbing interview with Mayer Hillman:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/26/were-doomed-mayer-hillman-on-the-climate-reality-no-one-else-will-dare-mention?CMP=fb_gu

Title: Re: Food for thought on climate change
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 27, 2018, 09:22:13 AM

The issue here is surely that if there is anthropogenic climate change, we aren't really capable of changing our behaviour because of what we are.

Title: Re: Food for thought on climate change
Post by: ekim on April 27, 2018, 09:46:24 AM

... or we are capable of changing our behaviour but too few will and it's too late anyway.

Title: Re: Food for thought on climate change
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 27, 2018, 10:00:46 AM

Quote from: ekim on April 27, 2018, 09:46:24 AM

... or we are capable of changing our behaviour but too few will and it's too late anyway.

Essentially that's the same thing here, as is covered in the article.

Title: Re: Food for thought on climate change
Post by: Steve H on April 27, 2018, 01:30:11 PM

Good man, that Mayer Hillman. He's against cycle helmets, and led the only study of helmets in use on the road (as opposed to laboratory studies), which concluded that they make fuck-all difference to safety. That's why I don't wear one.