The Corona virus is NOT a nice little practice run for dealing with Climate Change. It's one and the same thing, and the beginning of the emergency. Either we act or we lose everything. [monbiot.com]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.@FearlessFly, I don’t think @Allamanda is saying the coronavirus and climate change are one and the same ... I think she’s saying how the government and people will respond to both crises is the same.
I think that makes sense. We started with denial, with some saying it was a hoax, or it wasn’t as bad as we feared. Then when it became a crisis we couldn’t ignore, people started hoarding. Now there’s a threat of looting (at least in Italy). Some people are ignoring all precautions and doing what’s in their own selfish best interest, despite the harm to everyone else.
So, yes, I can see the similarities that Allamanda is bringing to our attention.
Apunzelle
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Mar 29, 2020
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Climate change does NOT happen so quickly as a pandemic.
FearlessFly
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Mar 29, 2020
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@Allamanda My point is, I don't agree that they are "one and the same" -- very very different.
@FearlessFly No they are not, one and the same, but they do have at least two important features in common. Firstly. That, both are made far worse, and probably created by overpopulation. And secondly. That they can both,grow towards disaster exponentially, and since many people are quite without any understanding of exponential growth, either by instinct or by education, it is almost impossible to get a common understanding of the problems widespread through the community.
@Allamanda Both are OPINION pieces, not facts. I am NOT a climate change (or pandemic) denier. My objection is the use of the (wrong) words "one and the same". I don't have objection(s) to the comparison of similarities.
@Allamanda Nitpicking ? To those of us who care about critical thinking, words matter.
@Allamanda SILLY, IMO, is using words as-though they don't matter.
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