tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post6768481903518922759..comments2023-09-15T02:40:58.916-07:00Comments on Move Along. Nothing To See Here.: Children And Climate ChangeFlintharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-49436183911230408992010-07-28T02:05:31.196-07:002010-07-28T02:05:31.196-07:00I agree with most of what you say Dirk,
It's ...I agree with most of what you say Dirk,<br /><br />It's damn depressing even more so than growing up in europe during the early 80's. All the hope that seeped into our exisitance in the early 90's has evaporated away.<br /><br />As an evovled species we still have a chance but the cost will be large and to be honest will pay a price but it will be the third and second worlds who'll pay the biggest priceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-59435076203644994812010-07-27T18:18:54.387-07:002010-07-27T18:18:54.387-07:00You just articulated one of those deep down feelin...You just articulated one of those deep down feelings i had when i wanted to move to Lantanaland. I wanted a place that my kids, when i had them could roam and learn about the physical world, but also know where food came from. In the future we might be classed as rich because we have those simple tasty foods. I hope you are wrong and some catalyst pushes us in a different direction, but considering the climate at the moment, it seems unlikely.beesohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876219112305527188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-32656502433514085692010-07-27T16:44:01.491-07:002010-07-27T16:44:01.491-07:00You're looking after a youngling, Bartski? Bes...You're looking after a youngling, Bartski? Best of luck to you.<br /><br />And Mr Barnes: more power to you. To the best of my abilities, my children will be ready to help.<br /><br />Heidi -- thank you for the kind thoughts. Nevertheless, I'm smarter than my biology, and having children was a conscious decision. It's my responsibility, and I'll deal with it. I'm glad it happened, but at times I can't help but feel I didn't really make the best choice for everyone.Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-45748195865461297642010-07-27T14:52:56.603-07:002010-07-27T14:52:56.603-07:00I'm new to the looking after young people game...I'm new to the looking after young people game, but I'm just trying to get their analytical thinking skills primed and ready. Everything flows from that.Ysambarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02360071758069381121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-60742616040281255302010-07-27T04:57:41.067-07:002010-07-27T04:57:41.067-07:00I have no doubt things are going to get worse, but...I have no doubt things are going to get worse, but I also believe that the generation we have spawned have a good chance of coming up with the solutions to these nighmare that will not only defeat the mistakes we made but usher in a future brighter than I can imagine. <br /><br />I think this generation may even give us back the stars.<br /><br />I really do believe that and I am trying to raise my son to believe that too, for if he and the others of his generation give up then truly this civilization of ours ends in chaos and madness.Michael barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986102144813296339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-13233774084116414912010-07-27T03:10:15.010-07:002010-07-27T03:10:15.010-07:00You did what you were biologically engineered to d...You did what you were biologically engineered to do. You reproduced. I don't think you should bare guilt for doing what nature intended. The decision was out of my hands or I would have done the same thing. All I know is that if smart people like you decided to stop having kids because they are certain of a doomed future then we definitely get "Idiocracy". I'll take zombies over that any day!Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614326327687523688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-82957187545720988212010-07-26T23:59:24.359-07:002010-07-26T23:59:24.359-07:00Oh, absolutely. I did say the list is incomplete, ...Oh, absolutely. I did say the list is incomplete, but I have to admit, I was irritated when I realised I'd left that one off.Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-89814553040573019182010-07-26T23:33:18.664-07:002010-07-26T23:33:18.664-07:00The earth will survive, that's a given
Humanit...The earth will survive, that's a given<br />Humanity will likely survive.<br />But not in the numbers or the way we do now.<br />Summed up how I feel about things pretty much though I would have definitely added the destruction of fish stocks to a level where it's going to hit the fan soon.Bangarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736091204583349887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-64941295486027027092010-07-26T20:55:30.238-07:002010-07-26T20:55:30.238-07:00Yes. But much less fun.Yes. But much less fun.Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-65070607711979823632010-07-26T20:12:48.455-07:002010-07-26T20:12:48.455-07:00True enough. I remember a chat I had with the old ...True enough. I remember a chat I had with the old man several years ago, when he admitted his generation had been brought up with the understanding that there was no future for us (ie their children) because of the inevitable nuclear holocaust which would mark the end of the cold war. It was just a given. The balloon would go up, and that would be that. Admittedly, we're not going to get a solution to AGW as simple as a half-cut Boris Yeltsin standing on a tank in Moscow and mooning the Kremlin, but we will survive this, because it's what we do. Christ knows what that civilization will look like, but human nature being what it is, I personally don't think it'll look too different from what it looks like right now. Just as venal, ignorant and profit-driven as what got us into this in the first place, probably.Dr Yobbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032085614743539793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485469691062620401.post-73957761416985877482010-07-26T20:00:31.174-07:002010-07-26T20:00:31.174-07:00Yep, I totally agree with your thoughts, especiall...Yep, I totally agree with your thoughts, especially with the actions of Govt. and Big Business. I've brought four people into this world - eldest turns 15 on Friday, the next turns 14 the following Saturday. Heaven only knows what trials their predecessors will have wrought upon them, and their children.Bondiboy66https://www.blogger.com/profile/03526870939619033169noreply@blogger.com