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Originally Posted by eroswebmaster
The republicans I hang with now days say similar shit about global warming...their answers usually are..."who cares I won't be around to see it all happen."
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Those are the exact words of several world leaders or members of their governments eroswebmaster ;-)
Got a few people we are privileged to have working with us on other projects here - they are qualified beyond belief and have worked with many governments in areas of sustainability, ecosystems, resource usage etc. Two in particualar, and on different occasions, have described presentations to leaders and govt ministers.
The reactions, depending, were, ackowlegement of problem areas and that "something should be done" etc... but, often the final comment - implied or actually stated - was that "I won't be in power when it crumbles so why should I bother?" Amazing when you think that is the limit of concern for the nation they supposed to represent
But.. there is a lot more active interest these days and a lot of funding being allocated - literally many billions - and not just for their own countries, but being allocated to sustainable eco development in other regions which are under pressure and kinda relevant to the overall planet.