Daily Episode 209 - No Wonder the Kids are becoming Doomers!
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Hey, Corey here. We've had an influx of new listeners, and so I just want to make sure that if you are new to the podcast, you don't just jump in and start listening to these daily episodes which we've been doing. Please go back and listen to the first at least eight episodes so you have an idea of what collapse is, what it is that Corey is talking about. Also, if you've been with us for a while and you're enjoying the content, please join us on Patreon. We would love to see you there. There's a link, as always, in the description. Alright, here is we're hoping that today the audio works out and that I don't discover after recording the whole episode that I didn't. Just doing the once over on the software here, it looks like it's going to work correctly.
Sorry again for yesterday. It's just one of those things. If I'd had time I would have just re-recorded the whole thing. I've done that before several times, but these days I'm kind of flying by the seat of my pants and barely getting these episodes out in time as it is. Well, I have a couple new research articles to talk about here. And before I get to those, I actually want to read this article, which talks less about the science behind climate change, which is what we're gonna get to, but talks about the perception of youth in America towards climate change. If I asked you, what percentage of young Americans do you think agree with the statement? Humanity is doomed. What would you say? Do you think it's high or low?
This survey was done amongst people aged sixteen to twenty five from all US states, and it says the overwhelming majority of young Americans worry about the climate crisis, and more than half say their concerns about the environment will affect where they decide to live and whether to have children. The study comes just weeks after back to back hurricanes and Helene and Milton pummeled the southeastern U.S., flooding from Helene caused more than 600 miles of destruction from Florida's west coast to the mountains of North Carolina, while Milton raked across the Florida Peninsula less than two weeks later. Quote One of the most striking findings of the survey was that this was across the political spectrum.
According to the lead author, Eric Lewandowski, a clinical psychologist and associate professor at the NYU Grossman School. School of Medicine. There was no state sample where the endorsement of climate anxiety came in less than 75%. Now, going back to that uh phrase that I used, humanity is doomed, nearly two-thirds endorsed that statement, and more than half of the sample endorsed I'm hesitant to have children. 85% said they were at least moderately worried, and more than 57% said they were. They were very or extremely worried. Now when it came to Democrats versus Republicans, it wasn't the exact same across those party lines. Ninety two percent of Democrats and seventy three percent of Republicans said they worried about climate.
Now to me that is still quite telling. Seventy three percent of Republicans to admit that they uh are nervous about climate change is uh is interesting. I don't know the exact wording. For that stat? Did it say the actual words climate change, or did it just say worried about the climate? At any rate, it shows that people are actively concerned about the future that we're headed into, at least from a climate perspective. Now, this article is old. This was from 2024. It was recently posted to the R Collapse subreddit, but I found it interesting in the context of these two articles that we're going to speak about. Today. So this first article is titled Shocking Revelations Out of West Antarctica from countercurrents.org.
It says, It's midwinter, but a large area of West Antarctica that should be frozen solid is not frozen. What's up? Antarctica is the coldest spot on the planet where the average winter temperature is negative 34.4 Celsius, but it does vary by region. For example, Inland locations like the South Pole average around negative sixty, while coastal areas such as the Antarctic Peninsula range between negative twelve and negative twenty.
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