The climate crisis is about the decisions we make as consumers, but, it is also strongly decisions we make as a society at the societal and not personal levels. I do believe most people sincerely concerned know the change needed to save Earth has to occur at a societal level, while personal choices help reinforce the demand for societal change.
The climate crisis also has a legacy dynamic. To some whom find greed more fulfilling than "benevolence to society as a standard" will disregard the legacy of the climate crisis. That voice needs to be replaced with strong statements of benevolence and GENERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Truncation is not permitted.
Human nature is based in a FULL TIMELINE and not just the truncated timeline of here and now. The greed paradigm is a here and now dynamic that robs human nature of it's basic instincts and desires. Human beings relate to the past because of memory and love by family. In that, the aged of society are embraced in the extent they are able to function. Human beings carry out that same level of understanding and compassion to the disabled and infirmed. Some of that instinct is about self-projection in which a person realizes their vulnerability to life's twists and turns.
Human nature also demands THE FUTURE. The future is as soon as the next second and as distant as our dying days, but, there is also a truncation that takes place with addressing the climate crisis in DENYING the future.
Human nature sees beyond death to the generations embrace within one's own life. The future sees benevolence at a social level, but, the idea of SURVIVAL is instinctively limited to here and now. When human beings think about the future it is within the understanding the world view that exists today will exist forever. It is that idea springboards decisions made by society. That springboard is broken.
There is currently a disconnect from living today, embracing tomorrow and the expectations all generations to come will survive the consumerism of today and the world view currently PRACTICED in financial markets such as energy.
Did I mention the idea of a long time line is mostly limited to the human species? It is up to us to save ourselves and the future. There is no steady state in the world UNLESS human beings make it so. The biotic Earth bends to physics without conscience.
The Future, ethically, is not to be bargained with for the sake of greed. The futures of the stock market is based in anticipated earnings and wealth, not the steady state of Earth. "The Future" is an issue and it is seated deeply in morality, ethics and love of a non-truncated timeline for all generations current and those to come. The well adjusted adult will view the future as a generational responsibility and mentally healthy. That is not a value system enforced by society today.
Finally, government has to legislate. Government is an act of society. It is an institution demanded by people, that when it is a democracy, demands morality, JUSTICE and benevolence. Government has to act to secure the future. Government sets the STANDARD for business to follow, so therefore, the absence of GENERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN GOVERNMENT is an assault on the untruncated timeline that is human nature, hence, happiness. Happiness as described in an untruncated timeline is the very meaning of benevolence.
The form of legislation that must take place sets a standard for a climate conscience overlay to all measures of human activity that impact Earth's climate. It will impact infrastructure, education and destroys truncation of any timeline for generations. Additionally, it recognizes the disruptive human activity of the past and through scientific investigation devises measures to reverse the ignorance of past generations. That means there will be two lanes to legislation, one that ensures the future and one that actively removes the egregious nature of the past through intervention. To legislate benevolence in energy is one dynamic, but, what the heck is everyone doing to end the abuses today and of the past. The past has sins that need recognition and intervention; the future planning alone will not correct the course of Earth which has seen several tipping points already. Those tipping points are not simply consequential, they require mitigation.
Refuse to surrender. End the abuse. Ensure the future. Demand Justice.
Surrendering is not an option.
...On one level, (click here) my answer to “How can you have a child now?” is simple. I have never been tempted to think we should all stop having children and disappear. Part of the reason climate change is so terrible is the threat it poses to human life and culture, and I want to help them go on. So the question I ask myself every day is how to explain this suffering world to a newcomer. This is what I find myself saying, to this little person who can’t understand me quite yet: “The world is good, for all the bad in it—a good place. And you are good: full of joy, born innocent. But you are not good for the world. When you do all the things you will do—work, play, love—you will be breaking down its systems, making it unlivable. And there is very little that you, personally, can do about it.” What kind of welcome is that?...
...A love for imperfect and impermanent things isn’t a bad starting point for passionate democratic politics. We’ll be sure to tell him that being personally powerless to change the world doesn’t mean being collectively powerless, that we can still make a politics big and generous enough to change course. James was less than a month old when tens of thousands of people rallied in New York City for the global climate strike. We walked him down Riverside Drive and quietly joined in with the chants of elementary-school children marching for the planet. “Look, James,” I whispered, “big kids!” I hope he and his classmates will assume that the Green New Deal is only the beginning of what we need to make peace with the planet, and with one another....
