Just as a note to those new to the thread, this thread examines the issue in detail with references to sources rather than wild imaginings.
According to climate scientists, the world has warmed less than 2 degrees F since 1850.
Why does that worry you guys ? Seems like a gigantic waste of time to sit around worried about something we have so little control over.
Here is a
surprisingly well balanced view of the global warming resistance situation that not only may enlighten you but you might find enjoyable. There’s quite a difference between diverging from “the quacks of today” and ignoring science or facts altogether due to the ducks.
It's always politicians/dictators who get in the way of proper distribution of food. Especially in Africa.
It’s not always what you see. Or think.
I positively hate the ol’
teach a man to fish saw not because of the principle but because of the misunderstandings in our culture and vernacular. It’s less about the fish (food) or the idea that everyone needs to be some kind of farmer.
The economic principle of industriousness and prosperity is in vacancy in many cultures. The only prosperity they’ve ever seen is politicians, law enforcement, wealthy citizens, and in some cases cartels. In poverty stricken countries the bulk of those classes are corrupt, class-driven, and prejudiced against commoners with the casual cruelties that accompany that. These impoverished cultures need, for example, the same educational efforts and investment into their populations that occurred after the US civil war. We don’t need to force them to be like North America but they need to learn enough to make choices above their present conditions. They need sustainable practices just like India or even “the western” countries where environmentally sound and sustainable practices need to exist.
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Please, people: leave your opinions of this period of history out of this thread: we all hold our own varying views and the point of mentioning this at all is that various groups were very interested to see that the emancipated citizens had the tools to succeed as most were capable but few were educated)
Manufacturing isn’t the answer to everything but what if they started producing things? Without contributing to global pollution loads?
Vietnam jumped on the stage with several things including textile production. Today a lot of us are impressed with the solar products from Vietnam. India started with several things including poorly made knives and bad cast steel and iron and moved to medical fields, IT, and call center services.
Of course those two countries aren’t the meccas of human rights or pollution-control award winners but that’s not the point.
We need to globally stop doing new things in the old-thing ways that we know are bad choices. By doing them in new places we can help them start out without bad habits that are expensive or impossible to correct.
Global warming- or not- as we get ‘greener’ and quell bad habits why not raise the standards of living and education levels for impoverished peoples at the same time? We get the environmental results, they get the needed economic and wealth boost, and we get truly low-carbon-footprint solar panels and charging equipment.