“Of course, arguments about climate change are nothing new. But ignorance, in that respect, is nothing new either. That’s because ignorance, I believe, is a force that cannot be defeated. For some odd reason, too many powerful people – some who even claim to be educated – still think concern about the environment is an optional belief, like religion or evolution. They see it as something you can choose to either believe in or not.
“People say, ‘I don’t believe in global warming.’ Well, my answer to those people is: don’t believe in it, then. Who cares what your beliefs are? Just open your eyes and ears and go with the evidence for a change, and then you might see how much your so-called belief matters. It doesn’t.
“I’m baffled as to why the world gets together and says, hypocritically, but at least it is an acknowledgment, ‘We have to do something. It’s one world, can we get together and try to at least delay the catastrophe?’
Well, no. Wilful ignorance beats it all.
“This kind of ignorance soon leads to all kinds of related problems: self-importance, arrogance, bad will and insane profit-taking. Never mind that people can’t breathe, that they don’t have enough water to drink. Never mind that storms destroy whole cities in an afternoon. ‘We don’t believe in this because we believe in making money,’ these people say. Does that really equate to an acceptable outcome?”
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