The Earth’s changing – so why aren’t we?
The Earth’s changing – so why aren’t we?
A 10-part series exploring the social, economic and political barriers to meaningful global climate action.
We know our planet’s ecosystem is breaking down…much of the destruction is irreparable. So, why haven’t things changed faster?
Because money. People can’t afford to upgrade their lifestyle to solar panels and organic foods and a new electric car. Corporations aren’t going to stop making things out of plastics and poisons if it costs them more profit.
A lot of people can afford it, and aren't. They're buying luxury instead.
Because lot of people got rich by being selfish assholes, so you can't really expect them to change now. But some people can afford it and are.
Just saw this graph in neighbouring comment.
https://climatechangetracker.org/igcc/yearly-total-human-induced-net-CO2-emissions
It is not going down, but at least it stopped going up in last 10 years. So something is happening.
It will take time. I drive 10 yo ICE car and I can't afford new ev car now, but hopefully before my current car will die in 5+ years, second hand ev market will exist.
Most emissions are caused by rich people. Quite frankly as soon as you forget about the car, the rest is rather cheap. Solar panels powering a home are not crazily expensive and organic food staples are also not that much more expensive then the conventional competition. Electric cars are expensive, but the proper choice is to try to live car free anyway. A bicycle is cheap after all.
Anybody who actually is emitting more then the global average can live in a way that massivly reduces their emissions and afford to do it. Not to zero, but to a point, where it is absolutly reasitic to demand companies and governments to push for the rest.
Because we’re all stuck working away 95% of our lives, so that we can try to afford rent/mortgages, groceries, and other human needs that continue to soar in price for no reason other than unhinged corporate greed—all while wages continue to remain flat.
Because corporations are dragging us all into the fire with them, while the rich buy up all the land for their compounds when everything inevitably collapses because of their ignorance and arrogance.
Because solar panels and EV cars aren’t affordable nor sustainable.
Because humans are inherently selfish and prone to fallacious thinking.