Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumWhen it comes to energy and the environment
are you generally optimistic or generally cynical?
(I'm talking the things themselves, not this group.)
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Optimistic. | |
1 (25%) |
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Cynical. | |
3 (75%) |
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)And the current world political situation makes any sort of meaningful change, without absolute disaster facing us, near impossible.
agent46
(1,262 posts)Too much inertia to turn this thing around.
pinto
(106,886 posts)Though as many say, we're on the brink, I think we're also in the process of a groundswell to address the situations.
patrice
(47,992 posts)be aggressively proactive on their behalf on the issues: student debt; health care; PEACE; tax reform . . .
I know that's a big list, but I find their seriously committed interest in environmental responsibility and alternative energy really inspiring.
bananas
(27,509 posts)the opposite of optimistic is pessimistic, not cynical, a person can be both or neither.
and what you mean by "in general" isn't what other people mean by "in general".
The peak oilers who thought civilization would collapse in 2006 thought I was optimistic, but actually I was cynical about peak oilers.
The anti-science pro-nukes thought I was pessimistic when I told them not to believe the absurdly low cost estimates, but actually I was being realistic about the costs and cynical about the nuclear industry and its bullshit PR campaign.