Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been briefly interrupted by a man who approached her on stage after she invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak at a climate protest in the Dutch capital.
So, what’s your proposed solution? Because at the moment protests like this are working and simply throwing up our hands and saying ‘it’s impossible’ isn’t an option. So what to do? I’d argue we keep doing things like this until a better solution is found, what about you?
I never said to stop. Just that I don’t expect these problems to be solved.
What makes you think protests are working?
Governments only forego oil when it is no longer the cheapest option.
I think people like you need to accept that some problems are so deeply rooted in global society that we will not be able to solve them without a global shift in culture.
As long as most people think ‘progress as fast as possible at any cost,’ that’s what we’re going to do.
Of course they work. Not as quickly and as well as we might hope, but they do work. You say that a global shift in culture is needed. I agree and these protests are an essential part of shift.
I understand that none of this is easy, but again what are you proposing we do instead? If you believe protests are not enough on their own then what, in your opinion, is the solution? Genuine question. You mention a global shift in culture is required. How? Let’s talk.
That’s not ‘working.’ If they were working, then we can expect nations to stop using oil even when it’s the cheapest option.
That’s not happening, so my point remains that the only thing to stop nations from using oil is for it to no longer be the cheapest option.
We are not going to stop using oil until it becomes too expensive.
but again what are you proposing we do instead
You keep asking me this as though there is a viable solution. I said just said “I think people like you need to accept that some problems are so deeply rooted in global society that we will not be able to solve them without a global shift in culture.”
It would take a global shift in culture that doesn’t even have to do with oil. It has to do with greed and foregoing progressing as fast as possible to beat out the competition. Until that happens, nations will not stop using oil.
All the promises you see are just posturing by governments to push the problem down the line so they’re not responsible for it.
So, what’s your proposed solution? Because at the moment protests like this are working and simply throwing up our hands and saying ‘it’s impossible’ isn’t an option. So what to do? I’d argue we keep doing things like this until a better solution is found, what about you?
I never said to stop. Just that I don’t expect these problems to be solved.
What makes you think protests are working?
Governments only forego oil when it is no longer the cheapest option.
I think people like you need to accept that some problems are so deeply rooted in global society that we will not be able to solve them without a global shift in culture.
As long as most people think ‘progress as fast as possible at any cost,’ that’s what we’re going to do.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230421-earth-day-the-science-of-climate-change-protest
https://theconversation.com/heres-why-we-need-climate-protests-even-if-some-think-theyre-annoying-172191
https://www.dw.com/en/disruptive-climate-protests-do-they-help-or-hinder/a-61379793
Of course they work. Not as quickly and as well as we might hope, but they do work. You say that a global shift in culture is needed. I agree and these protests are an essential part of shift.
Also, support for wide ranging global change is more wide spread than you might think, and these protests are a example of that: https://www.undp.org/press-releases/worlds-largest-survey-public-opinion-climate-change-majority-people-call-wide-ranging-action
I understand that none of this is easy, but again what are you proposing we do instead? If you believe protests are not enough on their own then what, in your opinion, is the solution? Genuine question. You mention a global shift in culture is required. How? Let’s talk.
That’s not ‘working.’ If they were working, then we can expect nations to stop using oil even when it’s the cheapest option.
That’s not happening, so my point remains that the only thing to stop nations from using oil is for it to no longer be the cheapest option.
We are not going to stop using oil until it becomes too expensive.
You keep asking me this as though there is a viable solution. I said just said “I think people like you need to accept that some problems are so deeply rooted in global society that we will not be able to solve them without a global shift in culture.”
It would take a global shift in culture that doesn’t even have to do with oil. It has to do with greed and foregoing progressing as fast as possible to beat out the competition. Until that happens, nations will not stop using oil.
All the promises you see are just posturing by governments to push the problem down the line so they’re not responsible for it.
Heck, this was just posed on /c/news today: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/09/alaska-willow-oil-drilling-environment
Unfortunately, it’s possible that doing something will have the same effect as doing nothing. Can you understand that?