@reeloutdeep 21 February 2021 edited more from that month

Past "Global Warming" and Beyond "Climate Change"

With all the talk of ice (**here**) and snow (**here** and **here**) and record-setting cold weather (**here**), well, **that's why "Global Warming" is no longer a 'thing'.** https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/17/ice-hangs-off-ceiling-fan-texas-one-many-surreal-winter-photos/6781681002/ https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-middle-east-is-blanketed-in-rare-snowfall-1846297090 https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/austin-breaks-record-for-consecutive-days-of-snow-on-the-ground/ https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/16/us/record-cold-weather-us-trnd/index.html First, the environment is important. Super important. This is about being real. This is about framing the right discussion for a truly better future. The turned focus to "Climate Change" is a corporate one. And the media searches for any and every extreme to push the banker-corporate agenda. Its just frankly reality "climate change" goes way over the head of simple realities like: **fresh air, clean water and ecologically utilizing and protecting our lands**. The earth, we could even say, is "God's creation" and should be protected (**here**: 'inspire, not shame people'). https://youtu.be/D0tOTxXMpfA However, the "Climate Change" movement is a theater; exploiting teenagers on a path with no real-world solutions. "Climate Change" today is a prominent movement because of the media. And the media-- fact of the matter-- has a corporate, globalist agenda. An agenda that hides it's true meanings and intentions. On TV, the appeal is to emotions of fear and hope; with hysterical, dramatic footage that just makes you want to *do something, anything... now...* to just make the big, bad problem stop. The messages are often coordinated with government. Such as government schools allowing children to go on strike from school (Greta **here**) to draw attention to the corporate initiative (going global, to India, in this case of 'Fridays for the Future' **here**). Then there are made-for-TV political stars such as AOC that get in on the theater: 12 years to act, **here**. Before the planet was warming, it had been cooling (list of the media's climate change roller coaster **here**). Time Magazine in the 1970's was warning an Ice Age was the problem that needed immediate action. https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1362796807764520961 https://twitter.com/thenewsminute/status/1362785540278341636 https://news.grabien.com/story-ocasio-cortez-millennials-were-world-going-end-12-years-if-w https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/lets-review-50-years-of-dire-climate-forecasts-and-what-actually-happened None of this is to say. First, the problems are serious and real. Or framed even differently: **we can always do better**. And, second, change has to start somewhere. In other words there isn't all bad in Greta or AOC. It's just can we call it what it is. And rise above. Because, sadly, **"Climate Change" is about corporations imposing 'solutions' that benefit corporations**. When a liberal hears "climate change" they want a better environment; they want to save the planet. And they see in "climate change" calls the chance to achieve that end. But what is "climate change" really accomplishing? **The Corporate Push** Government solar panel subsidies to large companies. There are businesses that take advantage of these movements to fill the pockets of their own CEO's, executives and rich shareholders and corporate board members. Global banks and corporations want to create big new 'markets' for '**carbon credits**' and such schemes. **They give themselves the credits** (because they are already in business, so they divide up the credits for themselves). Then, any new business that might come along has to buy credits from them to be able to open. So in addition to all the other things a new business would need to do in order to compete, they have to **go to the big corporations and buy the credits made up amid the hype**. It isn't really about helping the environment. **What About the Little Things?** Rarely do we talk about the little things. Rarely do we talk about local things. What about the manufacturing plants within 50 miles of your home. Does *anyone*, *ever* rally to make a difference as respects the environmental problems right in your own backyard? Backyard being your city, county, area, etc. But even backyard literally. What about ourselves? It's easy to have some climate change initiative that you believe fixes problems, but what of doing things ourselves (**John Kerry is do as he says, not as he does** **here**; **Leonardo** has also been called out, **here**). https://www.newsweek.com/john-f-kerry-climate-warrior-climate-conman-opinion-1566835 https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/04/some-modest-proposals-to-fight-climate-change-glenn-reynolds-column/102489538/ There is too much shaming of others. Liberals in big cities often don't realize how much the rest of the country actually *does* something about the environment-- even the most conservative folks in the country. Whether it is recycling, planting gardens, tending to large properties. Many people in rural areas have a vested interest in protecting their own area. Some of the best preserved areas are sometimes those that no one has ever had to do something about (such as **America's Amazon**, in Lower Alabama, **here**, go figure!). https://www.al.com/projects/americas-amazon/ Too often it seems now people want to force everyone to live in misery. What if we start to believe in a better environment. And make it happen. From the bottom up. Voluntarily. It must start with the left coming back down... to Earth. Scaring people is not the answer. Progressives need to look deeper into what is actually happening. And come out and talk to others. And everyone collectively needs to step away from the TV. This is about ends and means. The end does not justify any means. Good end goals can be taken over by bad means. Even the ends themselves need to be better understood. **Forget climate change. Focus on keeping our water clean. And our air fresh.** And find ways the people voluntarily improve the world. Find ways where we truly solve problems instead of just shouting about them. Sometimes the corporations just want everyone shouting and divided so nothing ever gets done. If you truly want a better environment, rise above, in your own backyard.