> let's remember that civilisation as we know it will be over by 2050, if it lasts that long.
Weirdly, that conjures up an image of 2050 - everything's different, I'm a wrinkly old woman, the teens of the day know of course everything "people back then" did wrong (mostly because they grew up knowing that water and energy are precious commodities just like we were brought up knowing they're dirt cheap) and complaining to me why I was so damn wasteful.
What the ...? I mean, I'm using either a bike or public transportation to get anywhere. Or I walk. I heat my rooms maybe one month out of twelve. I'm one of maybe three people in a fifty households apartment building recycling not just glass and paper but 90% of my waste. And it won't matter, in forty years time I'll be grouped with the people who chuck every bit of waste into one bin because changing habits is too much effort.
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Date: 30/5/10 10:16 (UTC)Weirdly, that conjures up an image of 2050 - everything's different, I'm a wrinkly old woman, the teens of the day know of course everything "people back then" did wrong (mostly because they grew up knowing that water and energy are precious commodities just like we were brought up knowing they're dirt cheap) and complaining to me why I was so damn wasteful.
What the ...? I mean, I'm using either a bike or public transportation to get anywhere. Or I walk. I heat my rooms maybe one month out of twelve. I'm one of maybe three people in a fifty households apartment building recycling not just glass and paper but 90% of my waste. And it won't matter, in forty years time I'll be grouped with the people who chuck every bit of waste into one bin because changing habits is too much effort.