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[...] according to a new U.S. Army report, Americans could face a horrifically grim future from climate change involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation and war. The study found that the US military itself might also collapse. This could all happen over the next two decades, the report notes.
[...] The report paints a frightening portrait of a country falling apart over the next 20 years due to the impacts of climate change on "natural systems such as oceans, lakes, rivers, ground water, reefs, and forests.
Current infrastructure in the US, the report says, is woefully underprepared: "Most of the critical infrastructures identified by the Department of Homeland Security are not built to withstand these altered conditions."
(Score: 5, Insightful) by mhajicek on Monday October 28 2019, @04:10AM (7 children)
Thing is, an individual can influence global warming just as much as they can influence a national election. That is, hardly at all. But in both cases, it's critical that each person does what they can, for the collective effect.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @04:30AM (2 children)
Wooooooosh
I mean you get it, but at the same time you don't. Very strange.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @09:41AM (1 child)
Or someone has used reason to come to a conclusion you didn't. Whoosh.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @04:11PM
Nope, go look at the actual stats on pollution. Hint: the biggest polluters are not individuals.
Also, hard to get individuals on board when a significant percentage actively work against advocacy campaigns cuz "muh straws!!"
Keep running away from the problems, sure it'll hurt me and mine but yours as well.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by bzipitidoo on Monday October 28 2019, @05:56AM (3 children)
Here's some things we can all do:
Don't mow the lawn as often. Even tell the local politicians you want lawn care ordinances softened or repealed. Losers: sellers of lawn care equipment and services. Winners: Everyone else, and the environment.
Push for smarter traffic lights. Losers: red light camera enforcement businesses. Winners: Everyone else, and the environment.
Trade up to a more fuel efficient car. Or an electric car. Improve the aerodynamics, as exemplified with the Aerocivic: https://aerocivic.com/ [aerocivic.com]
Add solar to your rooftop.
What is so exasperating are these spiteful people who would rather waste their own money and call conservation gay, than accept improvements in energy efficiency.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday October 28 2019, @02:21PM (2 children)
Move closer to work, or get a job closer to home. I'm about to close on a house that will bring my commute from 20 minutes down to 8. That will have more of an effect than getting a more efficient vehicle.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Monday October 28 2019, @07:19PM (1 child)
I just started riding the bus to work, raising my commute time from 45 minutes to 65 minutes. My costs have come down, though, as has my overall effect on the environment. I'm keeping my (non-hybrid) car because it's paid for.
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(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday October 29 2019, @10:18PM
Yes, good ones, use public transport, and live closer to work.
Can you telecommute, maybe 1 or 2 days a week if not all 5? Lot of companies are too paranoid about employees goofing off when not under the watchful eye of a slavedriving manager. I very much liked not having to spend an extra hour every work day fighting rush hour traffic. Rush hour makes commute times 50% longer, and flex time to avoid the peak is the least a company can offer for a desk job.
Then there's suburban sprawl. A lawn is supposed to be some personal green space for you and your family, not a reason for a damned city to hammer you in yet another revenue extraction scheme, turning lawn care into a miserable chore rather than something relaxing. I'd rather not have a lawn at all and live closer to everything than have a postage stamp sized lot that city inspectors and busybody neighbors are watching constantly for violations.