Submitted 1 year ago by munderzi@feddit.ch to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
I often wonder how the general population will react when they truly realize the impacts of climate change. I’d imagine there could be three reactions:
I think we can already seethe consequences. Not fully, maybe, but we do. So whatever people are dping right now. Some would be spurred to action, some will panic, some will go to denial nd act as kf all is as it should be (or as you called it, apathy). And some will try their hardest to make as much money as possible while they can despite the consequences.
I guess they’ll either drown, freeze, burn or starve.
I don’t have the impression they’d act before they’re dying.
They? Are you not a human living on the Earth?
I deny everything, and even that.
The general population wants 2.3 kids (we have none), at least 3 holidays a year, preferably by plane (last holiday here was 2016, by car, but within 100 km),… As long as the general po[ulation breeds like rabbits and keep on flying, for one, I give our species not to much chance to not go extinct.
All of the above.
They won’t care because the right kind of people (nonwhite, nonChristian people in less developed countries) will suffer first.
People believe what they’re told. Our department of truth will whip up good explanations right up to the point that you burn/fry/starve.
Imo, nothing and if asked: blame others.
People know. But they’re comfortable, and they see any change as a threat.
Adapt and put serious pressure on emission reform. Corporations and governments will be much more willing to do so when it starts affecting them personally. They are self interested entities and can’t exactly make a profit or collect taxes when everyone is either dead or revolting.
Let’s not ignore the fact that there is some progress. The ozone is slowly healing last I saw. Carbon emission checks are decently enforced. The general population is taking climat e change more seriously compared to the al gore days, and most developed countries are moving towards cleaner renewable energy as it makes more economic sense.
Hot take but many climate advocates tend to be hyperbolic and reactionary doomsday worshippers who think this timeline is the worst possible. There were people 20 years ago saying we should all be under the ocean or in a complete hellscape by now. Guess what, the planet has been through a lot worse than us and both it and life in general Is a little more resilient than what fearmongers might think. Things aren’t great right now, but but they aren’t beyond hope either.
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Well don’t forget that humanity always has one last trump, and that is geo-engineering. At the moment, that is deemed too dangerous and the current effects of climate change do not yet justify it, but eventually, the large-scale modification of our atmosphere might be a method employed to offset the greenhouse gas impact.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Apathy. It’s already going full swing.