Well considering 100 years ago, the world was run primarily on Coal...and “conservation” wasn’t a word in most people’s dictionaries...
Yes, the earth is better off than 100 yrs ago
Well, not the developing world.... The West has seriously cleaned up its act (except FUSSR...).
But the rest of the place... Yeah. It's a mess. And there are going to be repercussions.
That, however, is not climate change!
The funny thing is that if it's moved from a socialist argument (wealth redistribution) to a more capitalist argument (wasting things is wasteful... and conservation is better capitalism in the long term...) then the problems of pollution, etc. become easier to deal with... especially with up front costs.
But the 21st Century robber barons who raped the Western world during the Industrial Revolution... have been replaced with third world robber barons, who are doing the same thing. While complaining that it's our fault... and that we should destroy our economy.
Watch this.... and note how the families getting rich off this are blaming the West... "Well, we're stuck getting rich off breaking your ships? We shouldn't clean this up, America should!" Amazing to see what the Indians and the Paks are doing to the planet.
But it's still not the hoax of climate change. It IS the reality of survival in the third world... where the taxes aren't paid, the oil revenue is siphoned off to corrupt officials, the food aid gets stolen and sold, and a handful of corrupt oligarchs... get to be billionaires. And these folks are leaving a mess that will be with us for thousands of years. No denying that! And it is disgusting.
While our billionaires are vilified, the third world's are... getting richer.
Cheers,
Sirhr
