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I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Act local, think global: https://effectiveactivist.com/

Also: BBC podcast series "How they made us doubt everything": https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m000l7q1 (10 episodes plus intro)

The fossil fuel industry is still heavily invested in preventing real climate action. It is a very hard opponent to overcome.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

#33

Okay, but what now?

Stop burning stuff. Tell other people to stop burning stuff. Tell your representatives to work on alternatives to burning stuff. Don't invest in companies that burn a lot of stuff. Avoid waterfront property.

What's wrong with waterfront properties?

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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There’s nothing much to do. An environmentalist told me that it’s a few big companies that are causing it all but that I was greenwashing it by buying Terrapass so now I’ve stopped. I grew up in the city, too, but apparently that was the problem because you’re surrounded by a concrete jungle so now I’m buying a home in the hills. It’s pretty cool, honestly. I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t just live in the hil…

> I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t just live in the hills since it’s better for the environment. Because billions of people can’t just live in the hills.

...pretty sure that was the joke.

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stop burning stuff. Tell other people to stop burning stuff. Tell your representatives to work on alternatives to burning stuff. Don't invest in companies that burn a lot of stuff. Avoid waterfront property.

What's wrong with waterfront properties?

https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/study-rising-sea-...

Re: I used to not worry about climate change. Now I do [video]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stop burning stuff. Tell other people to stop burning stuff. Tell your representatives to work on alternatives to burning stuff. Don't invest in companies that burn a lot of stuff. Avoid waterfront property.

What's wrong with waterfront properties?

A lot of them will be flooding on a regular basis.
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