Biden Says Climate Change Poses Greater Threat Than Nuclear War

[Martin68]

17. This is absolutely true, and I've been disappointed that some on DU are still not taking the threat

seriously. I'm being told, "but the US is cutting back on GHGs." I'm afraid a lot of people still don't realize the meaning of "existential threat." Perhaps the term has been overused and doesn't resonate the way it should. I'm 71, so I won't experience the worst of the coming crisis.I don't have children, but I still care about the rest of the world. I was lucky enough to dive on unspoiled coral reefs and walk pristine tropical rain forests on multiple continents. So you might say "I got mine." But I want future generations to experience some of the richness of the ecosystems that now exist but that are in danger of disappearing forever. We should be turning out in the streets in tens of thousands to demonstrate for the painful but necessary change in our lives that cutting out the use of hydrocarbons will require. Our biggest problem is that to reduce hydrocarbons usage significantly will mean a lowering of our standard of living, and any politician or party that tries to do that will be voted out of office. Like the Dutch, we need to demand a change that most people just can't accept. But we achieved Civil Rights legislation, so I think we can do this if we push hard enough. But its would take 100s of thousands of us marching in the streets to force a change. Not violent revolution. Just force of numbers in peaceful demonstrations. If we don't, sooner or later violent revolutions will inevitably come.