I think a generation had to go by first though. “Give a hoot, don’t pollute” was still a thing in the 80s when the hot-and-heavy research-in-this-one-direction began.
So people would’ve thought about owls.
But if we can blame the weather on pollution? Well, EVERYBODY complains about the weather, and NOW FINALLY somebody’s gonna _do_ something about it.
So it was a practical angle for a number of years, psychologically.
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The whole global warming/climate change/greenhouse effect angle means I’ve spent 1/2 my life so far hearing, “WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE” and I’m like.. ok, well, go ahead if you want. I put my recycling in the recycle bin most of the time.
My sphere of influence is limited and I do what I can where I’m at.
But I don’t like being a mouthpiece for others in general. I have to really be into an issue for that. This one? I’m really not that into. Never was. Somebody else’s religious fervor to convince everybody but not mine.
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Well, here’s the way I see it: The earth is tough. If we screw up the climate for our needs, the earth will survive, thrive and change and life will continue. Will we be a part of it? I dunno. I suspect we will. I tend to be very skeptical of apocalyptic viewpoints generally, no matter how much data is behind it, so that might be a point where we differ.
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Well, it’s a tough situation: When we’re SUCCESSFUL at making change happen, people always say, “See, there was never a problem in the first place – everything’s fine”. So I dont’ want to do that. I’m usually the guy that has to work in the background and FIX everything so it appears there was never a real problem in the first place.
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I spend my life hearing people say, “I don’t know what you’re so stressed about – it would’ve worked out fine even if you did nothing”. I’ve learned to ignore those people through the years because they’ll never ‘get it’ – that it takes a lot of work to keep things working.
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