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obscureposter t1_jak9ngx wrote

Reply to comment by CascadianExpat in Greta Thunberg has joined a protest against wind farms. Here’s why. by SelectiveSanity

You hit the nail on the head. If climate change is an existential threat, then everything else is secondary to that. But here it looks like a caribou grazing patterns are more important than the survival of the human race.

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Vegetable_Foot3715 t1_jakemvc wrote

I replied to your comment first but then decided to reply to the other guy. But basically, stop making bad faith dumbass arguments. It’s not our job to handhold your baby smooth brain to the truth, which often has nuance and layers to it. Of course climate change is an existential threat—doesn’t mean that you should just cover the world in wind turbines without thinking critically about where to put them.

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GreenBottom18 t1_janc9li wrote

the survival of our race is heavily contingent on the stability of our planets complex intervowen ecosystems.

changing one aspect never ends there. it's always a domino effect

"we don't need to be cautious or mindful, because critical analysis and complex thinking is hard" isn't an argument.

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PimpmasterMcGooby t1_jakmw29 wrote

Would you like it if some big corporation started constructing wind turbines in your garden, before getting the proper permits to do so. Then after it's erected, a court ruling says it's illegal. But then nothing gets done about it in 500 days, and people say it should stay in your garden, because it's a nice wind turbine?

A wind farm in a nation that already produces 98% renewable energy, won't magically solve the climate crisis. Nor will letting corporations trample over citizens in pursuit of energy, save the planet.

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