IF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN CLIMATE CHANGE REALLY CARED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

First, let me state I do not believe Joe Brown and Sally Smith who drive a gas-powered car to and from work each day, eat steak on Friday and fly to Florida for a week every winter are warming the planet to such a dangerous temperature we'll all be dead in however many years.

To the extent that global warming or climate change is happening, it is caused by          

Maybe this is part of my tendency to overthink things, but I like to think holistically about stuff. Our environment is a whole thing. You can't put the climate in one area and everything else in another area, nor can you do this with carbon and all the other elements that make up everything. Therefore, we need to look at our whole environment and not just the so-called climate change issue.

If society really cared about the planet, corporations would make stuff to last. A microwave lasts four years these days. A washer and dryer lasts seven years now if you're lucky. Why don't companies make things to be useful for decades anymore?

And while we're at it, let's quit it with this whole internet of things for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the difficulty, or impossibility, of repairing digital technology.

If society really cared about the planet, all weapons of mass destruction would be destroyed. What do you think the detonation of even one nuclear, chemical or biological weapon would do to Earth?

If society really cared about the planet, then, instead of telling us to have meatless Mondays, as if we're all Catholics with broken calendars, those in charge would be encouraging people to get into agriculture. Get rid of these factory farms and all their chemical fertilizers, chemical feeds, and added chemicals for extra flavour. Have cattle farms that raise the animals naturally, feed them grass instead of corn, and have the bovines do the fertilizing with their manure.

If those in charge really cared about the earth, they would prop up rural areas. Make it so a living can be made once again in small towns. This would facilitate telecommuting, using green transportation to get to work such as walking or biking, or shorter commutes using cars.

If society really cared about the environment, then those in charge would make it easier for one parent to stay at home with their children. This would mean fewer cars on the road, fewer coffee cups being thrown away, fewer fast food or processed food containers being thrown away, and that more parents could use elimination communication or cloth diapers on their children.

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