Natty Bumppo
5 year old buck +
If (big IF) the changes in weather that we are seeing are human driven, what is it that the average Joe American is supposed to do about it? I've planted tens of thousands of trees. I don't fly in private jets....like Al Gore and many others who say humans are killing the world do. I drive less than 12K miles annually. I recycle when feasible.
So what I am supposed to do? Buy a Tesla and make Elon Musk even more wealthy? Install solar panels in a state where the sun shines less than 60% of the time? Install a windwill so it can leak oil and kill birds? These aren't realistic solutions for the average American.
Great comment. And I agree. There is not much practically that the average Joe can do. Reduce your carbon footprint as much as you can I suppose? Recycle, solar panels, etc. I think many, many average Americans are already doing exactly the things that help. Here's the thing though...even if a typical American went "all in" and bought the windmills and solar panels and green car and all that....there are a billion Chinese who are going through a demographic transition and want all those things Americans wanted in the 20's, 30's and 40's...a car, electricity, TV, engines, etc. China is burning coal like crazy. So the American Green New Deal guy is driving around in a wind powered tinfoil car, mowing the lawn with hand clippers, and eating tofu turkey for Thanksgiving...meanwhile in China (and other developing parts of the world) they are burning coal and oil at ever increasing rates.