Posted on 04/05/2022 10:17:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Vladimir Putin's horrendous war in Ukraine has revealed just how united and decisive we can be in the face of a crisis.
Europe has once again flung open its doors to refugees fleeing destruction. Rousing gestures of humanity are seen every day.
And this is despite the enormous economic costs — energy bills are surging, public money is pouring into Ukraine, sanctions are biting here as well as Russia. But it's the right thing to do and we know it.
So why can't we do the same when faced with crises that threaten the existence of everyone on the planet? Without hyperbole, climate change and the rapid loss of biodiversity pose existential threats for everyone on earth.
The European Commission is currently drafting a plan to cut Russian gas use by two-thirds this year and end it entirely by 2027. But why limit it to Russian gas? Why not expand it to all fossil fuels? It's drastic, it might inflict short-term economic pain, but this is the sort of vision that is needed to ensure we don't all end up as fossils on a dead planet.
The solutions are there, we just need to undertake them with the requisite sense of urgency. Keep fossil fuels in the ground, stop deforestation, protect and restore natural ecosystems, reform agriculture, tax emissions at their actual cost over the entire supply chain, switch to sustainable transport, fund green research, ban polluting activities and toxic chemicals, end nature-destroying subsidies, enforce climate-friendly building codes, install insulation — we know what needs to be done.
If we treat these crises with the urgency that we are capable of, then we can stop climate change and the destruction of nature before it's too late.
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____________________ is a chance to reinvigorate the climate fight
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If you recall at the “climate summit” earlier this year Biden trashed Russia and China for not going along with ‘the plan’ so this ‘climate change’ could just be a cover for global geopolitical power games.
“Climate change” is not about “climate change” that is certain.
Anything is a “Chance to reinvigorate the climate fight”. Tomato crop a bit short? A chance to reinvigorate the climate fight! Too many tomatoes? A chance to reinvigorate the climate fight! Alien planet killer in orbit around Earth? A chance to reinvigorate the climate fight! These people have a collective one track mind.
These people are crazed.
Such persons should not be allowed anywhere near the halls of government or academia.
Economies and countries need to die, and people should be made to sacrifice their lifestyles and well-being, in order to save the planet from Climate change.
Bottom line.
“____________________ is a chance to reinvigorate the climate fight”
Fill in the blank
Indeed. As usual, they never let a good crisis go to waste.
Call me when the elites are not allowed to have: mansions, pools, >100k cars, private jets, seaside houses, etc. These are proof that it’s always “they chould change, not us”.
Bring on the guillotines, make that very dull and rusty guillotines.
Oh, and let’s add call me when they add China to the list of those who cannot do what we are not supposed to do.
“Europe has once again flung open its doors to refugees fleeing destruction.”
Notice the flow NEVER goes back. They NEVER return home. EVER!
Says EnviroNazi GloboHomo shill Alistair Walsh
Yes, it’s a very good time to eliminate the climate change wackos and cure the world of their insidious cancer forever
Well, the Temperance people made good use of World War 1 as an example to ban the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
NEVER let a crises go to waste. Was it Rahm that spoketh thusly?
Thus the push for EV tanks and electric cannons.
These are insane people, completely out of touch with reality. Too many years of non-stop echo chamber will do that to a person, I suppose.
“So why can’t we do the same when faced with crises that threaten the existence of everyone on the planet?”
We could if ever there was such a “crisis” but the weather isn’t it. So in the meantime Alistair why don’t you make yourself dead or something.
Covid was the Swiss army knife pandemic, useful for implementing any policy the progressive left desired.
Since everyone is done with Covid they’ve been looking for something to replace it with.
The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.
Gorebal Warning is NOT.
“The issue is always the revolution.”
>> 50% of ‘Mericans need to recognize that or we are lost.
“ Without hyperbole, climate change and the rapid loss of biodiversity pose existential threats for everyone on earth.”
Oh please… If it were real, then maybe the author would have a point. Man-made climate change doesn’t exist, and we can’t do anything about any actual climate change but adapt. This notion of “climate justice” is a weak scam.
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