Who Cares About the Environement?

[Leonardo17]

Trump isn't stupid at all. I don't like him at all, but he's not stupid.

He's one of the dumbest people you'll never meet.  Being as stupid as a rock doesn't prevent a person from succeeding here in the us, is all.

I’ve just started to listen to this book by Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin called
“The Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5345...n-new-deal
 
The book is actually describing how the selfish, ego-centric attitude of a limited number of people who believe in short term profit and short term profit only is actually putting our organized society model at risk.
 
In the first chapter Pollin is even comparing this to an asteroid. He asks “If an asteroid had a 4% chance of hitting the earth in 50 years, would we just be sitting passively hoping that the technologies we will develop in 40 years will help us deflect the trajectory of this asteroid? Or would all governments immediately start acting on it?”
 
Anyway, Iran is currently becoming one of the first countries in which the government is being seriously challenged by severe temperatures and lack of water.
 
I’m also hearing that the US is dealing with severe temperatures as well. So good luck to you all if you are deciding to stay indoors.
 
So Yes, I have to agree with you on D. Trump. In fact the climate denialism of the Republican Party that goes back to the 70’s is not a good thing. There is a complex web of human greediness and foolishness that pushes a limited group of people to deny /thing that they know at least since the 1970’s) and convince everyone there is nothing to worry about.
 
I’ve heard that only 20% of US citizens see global warming as a human-induced phenomenon (the figure dates from 2020 / when the book was published).
 
So this book would be a nice addition to your library if you are interested in the “human cause” of climate inaction.