I appreciate the fact that you're making an effort and I think we all should. But "drop in the ocean" are the words that apply. Even on a personal level.
The world is changing, whether it's global warming, pollution, over population - whatever "problem" it is that we've caused and we're not going to reverse the process or even slow it down significantly.
Although it's probably not related I was talking to a guy the other day who is a relatively big noise in the tobacco worls (comparatively). I suggested that his industry must be "feeling the pinch" somewhat, with what I thought amounted to a global turn against the evil weed. On the contrary, says he, they're undergoing a boom as "Third World" economies develop to the point at which the average joe can afford to smoke 40 a day. The point of me saying that is that there are a tiny minority in first world economys who take environmental issues seriously enough to make an impact. And that the entireity of those first world economies are a minority of the actual global economy.
I've reached the conclusion that rather than trying to work out how we'll stop the icecaps melting we'd be better served by working out how we'll deal with it when it happens.
The world is changing, whether it's global warming, pollution, over population - whatever "problem" it is that we've caused and we're not going to reverse the process or even slow it down significantly.
Although it's probably not related I was talking to a guy the other day who is a relatively big noise in the tobacco worls (comparatively). I suggested that his industry must be "feeling the pinch" somewhat, with what I thought amounted to a global turn against the evil weed. On the contrary, says he, they're undergoing a boom as "Third World" economies develop to the point at which the average joe can afford to smoke 40 a day. The point of me saying that is that there are a tiny minority in first world economys who take environmental issues seriously enough to make an impact. And that the entireity of those first world economies are a minority of the actual global economy.
I've reached the conclusion that rather than trying to work out how we'll stop the icecaps melting we'd be better served by working out how we'll deal with it when it happens.