Firefighters north of Los Angeles were racing on Thursday morning to contain a brush fire that had exploded the day before, quickly burning more than 10,000 acres. Follow updates.
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If people are seeing this and aren't around wildfires they should know that this is another example of EXTRAORDINARY firefighting. To get any containment, and slow forward progress in such a short of amount of time, is a massive effort. This fire could have gone off the rails easily. Great work!
Fires in California, snow in Houston.... things that should make you go Hmmmmm. Unfortunately the people living in the mirror reality won't see the correlation with climate change.
There's truth to that. But what if everyone woke up tomorrow and said climate change is undeniable. Then what? What would change? How would it affect weather in the short term?
True... there would be no immediate change on the weather. Our individual choices do affect climate change in a meaningful measurable way. The greatest impact would be on the proliferation of public policy that acknowledges existence and supports solutions to this slow rolling worldwide disaster.
I'm all for public policy. And it exists in many parts of the world. But not in all. Not in the nations contributing the most pollutants. The cold reality is that this is an "all-in" issue. It's global. And it's so big that I think it overwhelms people.
My take? MONEY. It's entirely about money.
I agree. Money is the driving force. Individual consumers are narrowminded and tend to think about the money spent on a day to day basis. If we take the more mature long term look at money... we'll spend so much less in the long run if we pursue large scale changes. All nations need to be all-in.
I agree to an extent. Individuals play a role. I'm a proud treehugger but know my recycling and other efforts does nothing in the big picture.
I think when alternative forms of energy are cheaper for consumers and more financially advantageous for countries and companies, we may see a shift.
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My take? MONEY. It's entirely about money.
I think when alternative forms of energy are cheaper for consumers and more financially advantageous for countries and companies, we may see a shift.