Fun fact, the class with the biggest share of the country's wealth, is also the one most on Lemmy.

Like, sure, that probably is the answer, but let's not pretend there's some kind of distant, invisible group of billionares that will be the only ones effected. And that's why it's hard for politicians to actually raise taxes.

I can empathize with your statement. I really can. I felt like you, once. Once, I went and worked in the Ontario AFFES, and I traveled around the country literally putting out fires for years. I tried to be the change I wanted to see in the world, someone helpful. Then I learned about our forests, and how it's pretty much too late to save them.

Canada is fucked no matter how you look at it. The entire boreal forest sits on roughly 50cm to several meters of organic growing material and then it's mineral soil underneath. When it goes, we'll have a massive desert stretching through our country.

The world's burning of fuels affects Canada whether we contribute or not. If we completely drop out, the world is still going at 94% pace, which is still going to blow past all of the warning limits scientists have screamed about. The world is doomed. Rage and complain all you like, it'll change nothing. People are too stupid to listen to scientists, and so they'll just keep using these fuels the world over, and here in Canada our forests will keep burning.

Do you know why? Because no one goes out and solves this problem. No one. Everyone complains, but no one sacrifices their comforts for the world's health. In addition, developing nations need our resource to grow. You'd deny them advancing civilization, after you've got yours?

I have not gotten mine. I'm no millionaire. I just understand some harsh truths that I've come to terms with. People are generally awful, not out of malice, but out of indifference/convenience. So yeah, fill my stomach before I die. It's better to burn full than hungry.

But I'll continue the discussion for you. You complain about burning crops. Well, do know know what percentage of fields are devoted solely to animal food? Way too much, north of 50% of all fields, but much higher if my memory serves. Those fields can be converted and we'll be fine. It'll just take too much loss before we do. Do you know why? Because humans don't listen and don't care enough until they have to suffer for their choices.

Fwiw, I've never said the statements you opened with. I always knew it was the fault of humans and argued with several big wig deniers that we strongly contribute to climate change. It was all in vain. And now here we are.