Does that mean that you've never looked into the issue of climate change and the ramifications for future generations? Or that you have and just don't care?
Personally, I love the idea that I'm doing something good for this beautiful planet, that I'm doing something to lighten the load and that I'll be able to help my new grand babies learn to care about our earth home by leading by example.
That doesn’t “mean” anything, except that I am not ready to make such a drastic change and take on new expenses. I have heard very little good about EV vehicles, with the exception of cleaner air. Sooner or later, the batteries are going to start piling up, yet I haven’t read of a suitable way to rid ourselves of the millions that will someday be happening. How will they dispose of them?
Just like with tires, we need to find a clean way of destroying or recycling them. Many tires are being broken down and used for road materials. I can remember when the same issue arose for house roof shingles that were being amassed and no one knew what to do with them. One of the ideas was to allow people to use them to cover their dirt lanes, like on a farm, but that was soon declared a disaster because of the oils and chemicals getting into the underground water channels and detention systems.
We need to plan first and then act and not the opposite. We also did the same with radioactive waste from the atomic power plants. Do you know where the waste is being stored? Check it out. Someday, anyone living will have to decide what do we do with all of these spent rods and waste water? I have been around nuclear waste and to prove it, I can still set off a Geiger Counter. I did it by accident. While I was at 3-mile Island after the accident in 1979, we were shown the inside of the “good” reactor, which was Number One, I got against a pipe that had sweated and contained very low levels of radiation. I thought I was OK since it was only sweat.
Harold Denton from the NRC, who investigated the accident for the U.S. Government asked for a Geiger Counter. He scanned me and said I was contaminated and needed to shower and change clothes and burn my existing uniform. I always carried an extra uniform, in case I got into a lot of blood while investigating a homicide, vehicle accident, etc. I showered and changed at the plant, including my shoes. PSP paid for everything, except new shoes, if you were wondering. Today, I still can get a reading, but it’s so small that there is no chance of cross-contamination or burns or really any danger to me or those around me, but he said precautions were necessary at that time because of their “lack of knowledge “ with nuclear radiation poisoning.
Aren’t you glad you asked the question? Sometimes, there is just no simple answer to a question, but I appreciate your inquisitiveness. It shows you are a thinker and not a complainer. Some may complain or worse, like make comments that make it personal while others think about the alternative. You obviously are a thinker.
