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The next years are going to be fun… The world is burning while the fossil fuel industry is chugging along like everything is great as long as you buy enough co2 credits.

I’m scared in what kind of world my children will have to live in…

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[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This is the article that the linked article is about. I'm 99% sure Europeans aren't going to be able to access that link without a VPN because a lot of the local news sites refuse to comply with EU laws .

[–] awderon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks, here is the archived article which is also available in the EU: https://archive.is/nBxrS

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (28 children)

Eh, the current thing is El Niño, of course climate change makes it worse, but this event happens periodically.

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[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This is exactly why my partner and I are not having children.

[–] fordlincolnhg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Almost ten years ago, I was in Miami for a conference, and they were pumping water out of the streets back then. I would guess it's not gotten any better.

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Climate change is one of the biggest reasons I don’t want children. I can’t put blinders on and then feel zero responsibility for dragging them into a hopeless nightmare.

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

i have kids. i actively worry about how miserable their future may be. i try not to talk about this stuff to them much because i don't want to scare them with it. i don't think there's anything i or they can do (except maybe vote).

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

i try not to talk about this stuff to them much because i don’t want to scare them with it.

IMO that's exactly the opposite of what you should be doing. Frankly, what we need is for folks to be raising a generation of Greta Thunberg-types.

See also the bit about "weaponized hopelessness" in the Kurzgesagt video mentioned elsewhere in the thread.

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