is it nothing? I bet it’s nothing
I think it’s important to acknowledge that systemic change needs to happen. But for those of us in a position to have the space and means for it we should be actively supporting green efforts to the fullest extent of our resources. Personal responsibility adds up when you talk about millions of people
Are you implying there is something we can do? Ooh, ooh, I know! We can ban straws! And a few if us can shower a minute shorter, that will show those pesky reefs!
Not that I’m saying that small steps don’t help, I’m sure they do, but we do tiny shit like this and a single corporation takes us a marathon back by deciding it’s cheaper to cause more pollution.
The only thing that will help is a world wide effort to curb capitalist systems. Not saying “go communist!” I’m saying we need to apply a boat load of strict environment laws and uphold them, and help companies responsible both in civil court as in criminal court. Make them pay 25% of a years revenue, jail C suit level (and lower) execs that signed off on pollution decisions or were the ones in charge of whatever caused the pollution.
Give companies good and real incentives to play nice with the environment.
Things like that will help. The entire “what are you going to do about it?” question can be answered with two words: absolutely nothing. Because I can’t, and because the real solution shouldn’t have to rest on our shoulders, it has to rest on the shoulders of the companies causing this pollution.
The thing that rests on our collective shoulders is the responsibility to vote for the people that would make the companies pull their weight in this matter. And there is no denying that we collectively did not do that in the past. And if I’m looking at what’s happening globally I’m not sure any big nation is going to do it in the near future
It’s more that we’ve walked into a minefield, and we’re going to keep on losing ecoystems like this as we keep stepping forward. Makes it incredibly vital to stop burning fossil fuels as soon as we can.
let’s grab some ice from Halley’s comet and dump it in the ocean…/s
You have the highest IQ on the planet, don’t you not sure?
Xkcd did a “what if” on this. It doesn’t end well.
Lets grab some water from the sea, freeze it, and launch it at Halleys Comet.
Well, it’s not good when the scientists are asking me for advice.
Ummm… Did y’all try painting them yet?
More like, “What else do we do, now?” They’ve already been working to propagate heat-tolerant corals, but the climate is changing faster than they can grow them, so many corals are likely going to die in the meantime.