Environment

What makes us so uncaring about the global predicament?

Lately I have been hearing people talk about what is going on with our world, and it is driving me crazy!

We were having a discussion the other day about the ridiculous flooding that have been going on in England, the heat waves that have been hitting us and other abnormal things going on in our world.  People are now saying, "Well, that's global warming."

Yeah, it sure as heck is global warming, but how do you take it so casually?  People act as if this is the most natural thing in the world that global warming is occurring now at an accelerated rate.  It is as if they are not at all worried about the devastating effects, which we are already seeing as I write this (Exhibit A:  Flooding in England. Exhibit B: Melting Icebergs.  Exhibit C: Melting Himalayas).

So why are we so nonchalant about this ultra important issue?

I've come up with three conclusions.  The first is that governments are keeping it as a low priority on their agenda, as money talks and our world doesn't.  It works really well for them that the environmental issues are kept under the lid?they give just enough to "show they care", but not so much that it will hurt them in any way, shape or form.

The second reason is that environmental organizations have been trying for so long to make a difference, that people have just gotten sick of hearing about the environment and what we are doing to ruin it.

Finally, the third reason, which I believe may be the real reason, is that we as the human race simply do not know how to think towards the future.  We don't think about the future that our children and their children will have, we are shortsighted, and believe that if things are alright, maybe not perfect, but alright, now, then they will also be fine in the future.

We need to be careful.  Our children's futures literally do hang on a thread if we continue to think in the present.