lizkat
Watching March roll out real winter
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I often point out the fallacy of saying we have to “save the planet.” The planet will be fine. It has been fine for billions of years. The question is do we want to be around for much longer or do we destroy our own habitat, die off and clear the way for other species to fill the gap over the millions of years that follow after humanity is gone.
The problem is even though a lot of us think the planet's in trouble, and also think we are contributors to the problem, too many of us still think "someone else" should be doing more about it before we inconvenience ourselves. This goes for the governments of some countries, too, not just ordinary citizens in those countries or regions. I'm hoping the USA will get back on a better side of the ledger in that regard under Biden. At least we know he means to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord that Trump just finalized walking out of.