Re: Our way of life ending
Originally Posted by
OldGreyFox
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Perhaps logic to you Dex.
Without referring to anything you have read or seen on the internet or MSM, go outside, walk into the country, and tell me in your own opinion what makes you think we are destroying the planet?
I'm currently sat in the timber cabin at the bottom of the garden. Looking out of the window, I see and hear a distinct lack of wildlife/insects but put this partly down to the time of year. Not sure why there are so few birds around.
Then I look at the back of my house. The doors and windows are upvc, which I doubt will be able to be re-purposed when they eventually either fail or the house gets pulled down. Can't be sure, but suspect that their manufacture will have involved having to burn something plus the use of some noxious chemicals. Clearly, the glass will have required a fire of some sort. The bricks and roof tiles will have required burning something in their manufacture. The cement used for concrete and mortar definitely involves burning something - I could quote figures but this wouldn't be in the spirit you asked for.
The noise of a car goes past, and I'm pretty certain that these will have required something to be burnt during the process of making them, either to melt the metal or to create the electricity needed. The car probably burns a fuel to keep it on motion.
Last night, someone obviously had a barbecue and I'm reminded that most foodstuff that I eat will have involved burning something. I estimate that the barbecue was a hundred yards away, and yet the smell of it was noticed by me, and I reflect on the argument made that "we" only occupy 1% of the planet and that this presumably implies that 99% will not be affected by us. Observable nonsense.
I recall how every year around the start of Novemeber, there is usually a morning after the night before where the air is hazy and whiffy of bonfires and firework chemicals. I reflect that the amount of stuff "we" burn 24/7, 365 days of the year, is way more than this, and yet the argument is that this is miniscule.
I recall a tragedy around 20 years ago in which the driver of a minibus carrying a family to the airport made a fraction of a second miscalculation, which led to carnage for the family and pretty much gridlock for commuter traffic for hours. And yet, the argument is that our everyday actions is really negligible and won't cause anything catastophic. Seems a foolish gamble.
I could go on, but you get the picture. Observable events, with an attempt to apply logic. I again refer you to my post 45 which, OGF, I notice you haven't made reference to nor try to dispute the reasoning behind it.