Disclaimer: rant? Tea? I dunno
Lately, each time that I come across the discussion of climate change, it reminds me of my discussion with a guy in my last year of school regarding this theme, and I genuinely keep tweaking out.
I vaguely remember what we said, so I will generalise and write what we meant (thus, I get that there might be a large bias due to that, but it is what it is)... basically, i think the convo started cause I was pissed at big companies that everything right now is advertised as climate change prevention, and how can you prevent something if it's already happening and instead we should concentrate on diminishing the consequences or aid those who will suffer first from it (coastal communities or those who live in warmer regions where temperatures even without the global warming might reach 40 C,and stuff...)(i didn't mention this part in parenthesies, but it's obvious) and I was like, now we can not stop the global warming, we can just accept that it's happening, still do all the stuff to improve our conditions slightly, and help those who are "on the front lines" so that we don't actually cook to death, but the cycle will keep moving, we can not stop it now
And I think he somehow thought that I didn't believe in climate change or something??? Cause he (I don't remember the exact words) but he latched on my phrase that the cycle will keep moving on and used the "show your sources" tactic, like bro, (i tried to find sum but, couldn't. Cause, I was too lazy to rage on him for that tactic, and usually when people ask you this they will devalue you if you oppose them so i was lazy due to that too so whatever (name 5 songs of this group ahh tactic tbh) but like ......ice age? Bro? We literally live in a region where there's a bunch of lakes formed due to glaciers covering the land?
Like yeah, we will probably maybe perish as a species if we keep on moving this way, and probably will never see the next ice age cause we will burn off, but there will still be one, eventually, with us or without.... welp, yall get the point, he didn't.
Like we still gotta do stuff to make the weather less severe, so we'd survive. My reasoning above applies only if big companies won't change their policies and our consumerism doesn't change ;-;)
I believe it will change sooner than later, at least, I hope it will.
Then, somehow, our conversation jumped to the argument where he blamed the climate change ONLY on the cutting of the Amazon rain forest, I told him, that yes, it is ONE of the factors, but there are others and gave an example of polution of oceans (I think i also gave him this example cause earlier I tried to explain to him that salty water retains heat more than diluted water in relation to the icebergs melting and that our nature is a precious cycle that wants balance and tries to achieve it by many ways) and then to add to my counter argument, that it wasn't only "that" commercially popular reason for climate change, I added, that if it was ONLY carbon dioxide, plants would've thrived a bit more as they consume it, but it's not happening because it's not the only reason for climate change...
(I didn't have the chance to add the part of our trash and debris polluting and poisoning the environment that stunts the natural "cleaning system of the earth" that play into this but, oh how I regret not adding that part in our argument)(for those interested search up or watch videos about how trash piles cannot properly decay and produce poisonous gas and liquid, about trash LAND fills, like fake hills that are just trash being covered by a layer of dirt, but it's still there....still poisonous. Then, the fashion/clothing industry waste, how, I think, in Malaysia people burn fires with trash to cook tofu = poisons air and tofu... Just the international ILLIGAL trash transportation to poor countries.)(like if you live in a clean environment and still have to worry about microplastics killing you, what do you think happens to people, animals, nature! in countries where trash lays everywhere)(and its talking mostly about the plastic, what about other gases...)
Like he kept saying that I'm wrong and repeating the part about the Amazon forest, like brother- I got you, and I said, "YES!, AND BUT" and not: you're wrong completely on all accounts...
If I catch any rumors about me being a climate change denier, I'll blame that man... βοΈπ€
Was so pissed at the time lmao (but like we both were like 15-16 at the time, lmao, so I probably have to forget itπ
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Also, I remember I tried yo explain to him that oxygen didn't come only from plants.... I don't remember where that part came up in that convo....
Nah, it hurt me that that boy was so genuinely into the climate change, but didn't get it,and refused to listen... like, you got the spirit, please, I know you can be better π I'm willing to expand both our world views
Btw, I really want to talk about countries that suffer from climate change, European countries right now are everywhere on the news, I want to be respectful to the victims, I had heard about what currently happens in India and it is horrifying, some time ago I also heard about exceeding heat in mecca... (SEARCH IT UP)
In Europe, many governments are trying to help the general population and take the issue seriously (mostly heard abt france or Spain), but there are places where the people in power are unable or unwilling to help their citizens or poor/unhoused...
Please, everyone, take good care of yourself. And if you can, provide any help. A small step forward is so much more than standing in place, unmoving....
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