Climate change has been a topic for years. Initially the reports were of "global warming". Now a more general and probably more accurate term of "climate change" is being bandied about.
You have many people who associate the debate as a political issue. They act like the Miser brothers, red vs blue, republican vs democrat.
The truth is that it isn't really a political issue. I'm not sure if humans are the cause, a contributing factor or if the earth is simply going through its phases of heating and cooling.
What I do know is I don't really care whose fault it is. I think that we should work on coping scenarios instead of doom.
The portrayal of doom in the media doesn't make me alter my daily activity. The truth is I have yet to be presented with a valid alternative. An alternative that doesn't handicap me economically, fits in with societal norms, and is environmentally sound. Hmmm maybe a "sustainable" alternative. I've heard lots of doom and gloom. I've heard a ton of extreme solutions that aren't reasonable for your average person, but I've seen very few sustainable practices gain the publicity of the climate apocalypse.
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