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one thing i've learned while discussing the environment on more political and current events-centric boards is that it can be very difficult to change the minds of someone like JyoJyo . They have convinced themselves that it is all hype, that the earth will last forever, and that the advances we've made in technology and such over the past 125 or so years simply can't have any repercussions.

they will fight tooth and nail and claim that environmentalism is some new fad, some modern hippie-dippie, liberal sort of political thing that came about because of Al Gore.

the environmental movement is neither new, nor is it political centric. it goes at least as far back as the mid-1800s, with folks like Henry David Thoreau and John Muir, and it should be something that EVERYONE cares about, regardless of political affiliations...