what we should be doing to help save the environment is also doing something that is ethical
how much should we care about future generations?
the benefits that would result from reducing greenhouse gas emissions outweigh the cost of the process
connections between broome's article and outside media:
the hanes commercial is very literal in the point that they want to make about doing something today that will help tomorrow. i would be just as angry as those kids if i had realized all the bad that was being done to the environment by people who don't care what it is going to look like when they are gone. it's one of the most selfish things, to destroy the home of someone else, before they are even born into it. especially if like broome mentions, it will destroy their chance of even existing.
ray's bum neighbor is an example of people who could make a difference, but aren't even close o helping out others when they have no drive to help themselves. the scene where they, well really just him, are reminiscing about old football glory days, when he was actually an equal to ray in the role of being functional in society, is him living in the past. he has no concept of the future because for him it will be just another day sitting on his front lawn. no change is coming for him. one of the most obvious ironic points that i noticed was when ray tells him to pay his rent, and he just kind of pushes it away, and we see that he has a beer in his hand. how can he still afford to drink but ray has to remind him to pay his rent? its also like when one of the neighbors in the middle of the debate about what to do to dirk suggests that they should all just not pay their rent. ray automatically knows that this will not solve anything in the long run. he is looking to the future.
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