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Kaito__1412 t1_j6bb41q wrote

Reply to comment by GMFPs_sweat_towel in Hundreds of climate activists were arrested in The Hague after blocking the A12 highway in both ways on Saturday afternoon in protest at government subsidies for fossil fuels such as oil and gas by DoremusJessup

> unless people are willing to drastically lower their standard of living die.

There. I fixed it for you. Modern human civilization can not function without hydrocarbons. I'm all for transitioning to renewables (+ nuclear), but it's nowhere near close to replacing hydrocarbons. transition is going to take a long time if we want to do it without collapsing the current system. There is no other way.

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Pointing the urgency is a good thing, but one need to be careful about the communication. Protests like this can be inspiring, but it can also have the opposite. Take the previous protests by extinction rebellion for example. The general public turned on them very quickly.

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koreamax t1_j6bxew5 wrote

Seriously. People have no idea how most of the world is. It's not just maybe paying an extra 5 bucks a month for heating

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ImjusttestingBANG t1_j6cfupp wrote

People have know how the world works they also know what will will happen if we don’t do act.

Fossil fuel companies have been playing delaying and denying tactics for years(since the 70s). They have lied , set up organisations to deny it’s happening, paid influencers and bought our politicians. We can’t leave it to companies whose best interest is served by maintaining the status quo. Continued sponsorship of their activities puts all our futures in danger.

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Kaito__1412 t1_j6dao56 wrote

The whole conversation about climate change is getting super emotional and cynical. Everyone want's to lecture, instead of educate, inspire or motivate. I really don't see how this is going to change anything.
No one disagrees that fossil fuel companies overstayed their welcome and should be on their way out. But the conversations we have about that should be realistic and rational.

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