Hans G. Ehrbar wrote:
I am going to watch the movie again with some friends and
acquaintances, and afterwards we will have a discussion
about it. What should be said in this discussion?
Hans G. Ehrba
It's hard to say without knowing your friends lifestyles, personal
situations.
Just generally, talk damage mitigation, which first requires an
admission of causing damage, and then work on what can be done now...
right now, in our own lives, to stop doing that damage.
But there's many questions that need to be asked.
Are you in a rural area? Inner ciy? Do you live in the 'burbs and
commute 60 miles a day to afford to live in a bedroom community? Are
your associates young? Retirement age?
Do you own an SUV?
Are you in denial about toxic technology?
Are you social isolated as currently exhibited in western society, due
to fear of... everything...
So you drive a hybrid instead of taking the subway or bus?
(...and if you aren't a functional paranoid but the public transport
service sucks... have you told your government representative that,
DEMANDING they do better if they expect you to vote for them)?
One of the problems doing anything about global warming is that there IS
no one set solution.
There are other problems in US society, where everything, including our
"solutions" come pre-packaged, and safety sealed for our protection...
and we hire other people (darker or poorer) to do it for us.
No one else can do the things that provide the solutions to global
warming, and the solutions can be sociologically sloppy.
For instance, if you live in California and don't own an automobile, you
are quite literally a second class citizen.
The SUV, as an example... if people want them, they will be built, and
sold (even if no one can afford to drive them). The solution here is
personal... As individuals, we need to stop wanting the SUVs... they
will sit at the dealer unsold, and the auto industry will find other
types of vehicles to sell us.
Forget the politicians, left or right or center. They aren't interested
in doing anything that would have any effect, because almost any action
they take will cause changes in the society's lifestyle that wouldn't be
welcome at face value by their constituents. The political 'kiss of
death', telling your constituents that things need to change, and THEY
need to do something, or worse, tell them they HAVE TO do something.
That's my screed, my best advice, and I'm sticking to it...
Leigh
http://leighm.net/
