Does The Constant Lecturing From The Government About Climate Change Make You Want To Rebel?

[dave50]

When I hear constant lecturing from the government regarding climate change, global warming, moving to electric cars, dont use diesel engines etc, doesn't it make you want to do the opposite? Makes me want to take the grand kids to school every day in a big gas guzzling diesel 4X4. Get a wood burning fire. Sit outside with a patio heater burning away. Just three things I can think of at the moment but there will be more that could get their backs up.
Anyone else feel the same?

[spathiphyllum]

I don't think we hear enough, to be honest. I think it should be lectured more!

I do get what you mean though, and i'm sure many like you feel the same but you must remember, so some people they don't even take these things into consideration so it's good to get the word out

[jim360]

No.

[andy-hughes]

I do believe that the planet is warming, but that is a natural cycle, as history shows us.

We are polluting the planet, but lecturing individuals, when countries and governments flout every single appeal, is pointless, so I simply ignore it.

[spathiphyllum]

Andy you don't think humans have accelerated this natural cycle even though we can look at data and see how after we industrialised it's gone thru the roof?

[-SharonA-]

Yes, because I don't think we can do anything to halt the warming. Banning a gas cookers and the like isn't gonna help.

[Rockrose]

I must be one of the worst as I do have an old diesel 4x4 but I don't consider it a guzzler as for £60 I get 500 miles.
I also have a woodburning stove - but I use that instead of oil central heating except when there is a lot of snow and I need more than 3 rooms heating.

[ToraToraTora]

I do wish they wouldn't keep banging on about the bleeding obvious, yes we know the climate changes constantly.

[jim360]

It's not a binary choice. The climate does change naturally. And it can change because of human activity. Both can go on at once. That some people aren't capable of appreciating this doesn't change the fact that recent climate change is being driven primarily by human activity.

[spathiphyllum]

it also doesn't change the fact that the climate changing, from human activity or not, is becoming a threat to our existence.

[Calicogirl]

I don't think anyone likes being lectured but it is important.
We're probably guilty of a massive carbon footprint, open fires, lots of vehicles, lots of flights, but we are also careful where we can be, so it's about what you CAN do and not ignoring that however small.

[jim360]

Where I *do* sympathise with this, I suppose, is that human activity only affects climate change on a large scale, and there is clearly not that much that any one human -- or even just large numbers of individuals -- can do on their own one way or the other. So the "lecturing" of governments, if you like, does at least take responsibility away from the people who *can* effect change, which is the governments themselves. One person doesn't build a coal-fired power station, or design, manufacture, sell, and promote the extreme gas-guzzling cars, and so on.

Individuals can make the right choices and still achieve naff all, but better for them to at least try all the same -- and try to pressure governments, particularly the US and Chinese ones, to do what is needed.

[New Judge]

When the government withdraws its support for power stations that burn wood (aka "biomass") that is the result of large scale deforestation and shipping the product vast distances; and when they cease calling such fuel "renewable"; and when they legislate to prevent shops using 25Kw curtain heaters to heat the street through their open doors in January then I'll consider changing my 60w light bulbs.

[Peter Pedant]

unless it is - I told you so
Constant lecturing on something not done
does make me wonder if I should be doing it ..... otherwise why would they be yarting about it so constantly ?

[Peter Pedant]

Does trump looking oudda the window at snow
and saying " and they call this planet overheating. "

does it make me absolutely cringe at his ignorance?
why yes it does actually ...

[Deskdiary]

When subjects don't pique my interest I do nothing to learn more about them.

This is one of those subjects.

Even if it did interest me and I did take the trouble to learn more, I'm pretty certain I wouldn't understand the science. With some notable exceptions I suspect most people on AB have a pretty poor understanding, but nonetheless regurgitate what they've heard to appear as though they do.

Whatever.

It doesn't interest me, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't understand it anyway, and therefore I will happily carry on taking flights, using as much domestic fuel as I wish, and we'll carry on driving our diesels (one of which is a 3 litre tank) in bliss ignorance.

[maggiebee]

You sound like a total plonker dave50. If things carry on the way they are there won't be a future for your grand kids. Schoolchildren took a day off school to demonstrate about climate change - maybe you should take a leaf out of there book. Oh sorry, you just don't give a ***!

[Spicerack]

Little reality check for the Anti-Trumpers and Anti-Americans on this thread. The US is the only country, out of 200, to meet it's Paris Accord commitments. Do a little research and it'll save you looking like fools in future.

[Khandro]

With so many things to chose if you wish to worry about, the making of tiny adjustments by individuals will make no difference at all, and anyway, the sooner humanity extinguishes itself the better and it will be for the good of the natural order of the planet.

If you extend your arm in front of you as a representation of the time life on Earth has been in existence, and have one stroke of a nail-file taken from your middle finger nail. That is how long homo sapiens have been in existence. Millions of species have come and gone, we are no exception, but none have been as harmful, and surprisingly most of the damage has been done only in the last two or three centuries.

[jim360]

Citation for that please, Spicerack? The sources I can find suggest that the (a) the US is falling way short -- not totally surprisingly, as it is about to leave the Agreement anyway -- and (b) other countries *are* meeting their commitments.

I'm not sure yet who's right, but it would be ironic in the extreme if you'd sounded off and been totally wrong...

[Deskdiary]

I'm not a betting man, but if I were I'd probably have a few quid on my grandkids (If I'm lucky enough to have any when my kids are adults) doing just fine and the world will still be spinning even if we did nothing. I very much doubt Armageddon will have occurred, and frankly I think it is plonkerish to suggest there isn't a future for future generations. It's bordering on hysterical.