Honestly, are there still for real people who think global warming is a myth? Can they not pay attention to what their own observances are telling them? When they witness weather occurrences that have never happened before, or note the very obvious seasonal shifts, or the distinctly measurable melting of the polar ice caps, how do they still say it's not happening?
Having read the paper this morning and the gazillions of comments left by people debating the validity of "Earth Hour" last night I am left confounded at the number of people who still deny there's a problem. In fact, deliberately INCREASE their consumption to negate other people's cutting back. How ignorant is that????
I see the point in not thinking Earth Hour is really doing anything. I get that. One hour a year is not even a drop in a very large bucket. People need to make daily consistent changes to decrease energy consumption. I think the symbolic gesture though is at least a starting point, and hopefully raises the awareness level of a few people so that they examine what they are doing and try to make a few changes. Instead of wasting time (and energy) criticising the effort, people need to do more to change what they, their business, and the people around them are doing. Obviously some people are going to stubbornly remain in their ignorance bubble, but reasonable people can still be reached if we just keep trying.
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