The problem is that not enough people care. I've tried bringing it up with many of my friends. Responses include:
"We can't risk damaging the economy"
"The biggest priority in this country should be the mistreatment of minorities, you wouldn't care so much about the environment if you weren't white"
"It's not a big deal, we will just relocate cities when flooding happens"
"Scientists are wrong plenty of times"
...and on and on. Nobody really takes it seriously that we could be destroying the conditions which allow human life to exist on this planet. They are shielded by a raft of excuses, the issues which they are most concerned with, and endless high-budget entertainment.
Unless there is a technological miracle that makes all of this simple, I believe that we are (in the words of another commenter) well and truly fucked.
"We can't risk damaging the economy"
"The biggest priority in this country should be the mistreatment of minorities, you wouldn't care so much about the environment if you weren't white"
"It's not a big deal, we will just relocate cities when flooding happens"
"Scientists are wrong plenty of times"
...and on and on. Nobody really takes it seriously that we could be destroying the conditions which allow human life to exist on this planet. They are shielded by a raft of excuses, the issues which they are most concerned with, and endless high-budget entertainment.
Unless there is a technological miracle that makes all of this simple, I believe that we are (in the words of another commenter) well and truly fucked.