Update Climate Change additional reading

Author: GitHubDragonFly

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+Some monetary "jibber-jabber" from Copilot AI:
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+Climate mitigation isn’t just about technology or awareness - it’s about confronting a systemic failure to prioritize long-term planetary survival over short-term economic interests. The cost - both financial and political - is often used as a smokescreen to avoid action.
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+Why “Cost” Becomes the Excuse
+- Upfront investment in green infrastructure, renewables, or carbon reduction appears daunting—especially in a global economy built on quarterly profits.
+- Politicians shy away from measures that bear fruit in 30–50 years but cause discomfort now.
+- Fossil fuel interests lobby hard to preserve their slice of the status quo, often framing change as too risky or destabilizing.
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+Long-Term vs. Short-Term Thinking
+- Climate science operates on decades and centuries.
+- Capitalism and politics operate on election cycles and fiscal years.
+- This mismatch punishes future generations to protect present convenience.
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+The Moral Irony
+The price of mitigation may be high. But the cost of inaction is extinction.
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+Sea level rise, crop failure, mass migration, and ecosystem collapse already carry economic tolls that far exceed what preventative strategies would have required. And yet, those costs are externalized - treated as someone else’s problem.
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+Pricing climate action like a luxury item has delayed what should’ve been foundational. If the "reset" arrives it may strip away this illusion of affordability and reveal the true economics of survival.
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+Here is the kicker:
+Civilization isn't collapsing because it couldn't adapt - it's collapsing because it wouldn't. It’s like watching someone refuse to patch the roof because it’s sunny ... even as storm clouds gather.
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 Humans usually hold an inflated balloon with both hands and squeeze it to get weird sounds out of this action, maybe secretly hoping that it would also pop (which usually does come as a surprise). I hope this analogy as to what we are doing to Earth makes sense - and to help you visualize it a little bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7hw-azGxPM
 
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