Good news is fine, but rare. Important good news rarer. Find me good news and I may change my tune, until then I'll continue to remind you of the Pacific garbage patch and the global water crisis.
The general public will only trust science if it comforts them - no one wants to believe that the type of environmental degradation late capitalism promotes is possible. The general public will not believe that eating hamburgers contributes to water shortages, that driving automobiles causes global climate problems, that our trash is causing the oceans to acidify into a pool, barren of life... They will believe their post-consumer-waste Starbucks cup is saving the world, and that they are heroes.
Have you stopped driving, eating hamburgers and creating trash? Or are you just killing the mood at parties? I'm all for taking action that will make a difference but there is no point in getting all worked up about what might happen when there's nothing you can do about it. Humans have been convinced that the world is about to end for thousands of years. Let me know when it actually happens.
Good news is fine, but rare. Important good news rarer. Find me good news and I may change my tune, until then I'll continue to remind you of the Pacific garbage patch and the global water crisis.
The general public will only trust science if it comforts them - no one wants to believe that the type of environmental degradation late capitalism promotes is possible. The general public will not believe that eating hamburgers contributes to water shortages, that driving automobiles causes global climate problems, that our trash is causing the oceans to acidify into a pool, barren of life... They will believe their post-consumer-waste Starbucks cup is saving the world, and that they are heroes.