Steve_American wrote:However, it is a time to panic.
Panicking is the worst thing you can do in
any situation. You need to find logical and realistic solutions, and not base things on an emotion such as fear(which is what panic is based on).
Steve_American wrote:You seem to deny that drastic actions are needed now.
FALSE. I have never said anything of the sort. Stop making assumptions about what I say. I am quite clear about what I say and what I mean.
Steve_American wrote:A carbon tax is not what we need, we need rationing in the advanced nations.
That's an extreme solution that will not be ratified by the general populace in a country where we have personal freedoms. Good luck selling that to any Capitalist, or American, aside from radical activists(a very tiny minority that most people think are a bit nuts).
Steve_American wrote:They are the main problem and the global south doesn't IMHO have the ability to impose ratioing in their nations.
IMPOSE rationing? So never mind what the people want? Sounds pretty Fascist, to me. You won't sell that to any American, Steve.
Steve_American wrote:We in the US did that in WWII, we can do it now much better, because we have better tech.
What you did in WW2 was a necessity recognized by everyone. Society worked, as a whole towards that. You have to get the same cultural and societal shift to do that, and fear-mongering isn't working.
Technology is not very advanced in the realms of Green technology, and the best non-renewable CLEAN technology(Nuclear power) is protested against, when it is infinitely safer than using other technologies, BECAUSE of past fear-mongering. Do you see how it can backfire?
Steve_American wrote:Do i think that my plans will be adopted? Hell No! Does this mean we will all die before the world reaches the plus 4 deg. C increase? Frankly, yes. And you will be a tiny bit to blame. I will too, just much less than you, because we all will be to blame to some extent.
No. We won't die. We will suffer, but we will adapt. It's what we do, and fear-mongering isn't going to change minds, which is what you NEED to do.
Every human being will be to blame, regardless of who they are, because you are looking to lay blame, instead of looking for solutions.
I doubt your carbon footprint is smaller than mine, as I live in a developing country where our carbon footprint per capita(if this is even a method to date polluting...)is 25% of what it is in the USA. I hope to get all my energy from solar panels by next year, as I insulate my house and install solar panels. Remove the plank from your eye before complaining about the splinter in mine.
@Pants-of-dog says that he doesn't need allies, but what you propose can NEVER come to pass unless you actively seek to change people's minds, and not simply play on their fears. Fear
can motivate, but often it doesn't.
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson