▲ 292 ▼ It Is No Longer Possible to Escape What We Have Done to Ourselves (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 32 points 2 years ago (1 child) what is your opinion about this view? Personal Opinion: This is as selfish (my child will save the world) and self centred as having a child to "save a marriage" is stupid. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Yup - the overwhelming odds say they'll both contribute and fall victim to the problem, not solve it. We have ~7bn people alive today, and we can't muster the will to do what we know we is needed in order to survive. Instead, we'll refuse to make comparatively small compromises, and sign our children's death warrants. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Yup - the overwhelming odds say they'll both contribute and fall victim to the problem, not solve it. We have ~7bn people alive today, and we can't muster the will to do what we know we is needed in order to survive. Instead, we'll refuse to make comparatively small compromises, and sign our children's death warrants. permalink fedilink source parent