Solutions to problems
There is a solution to every problem, EVER, period. You cannot brush off a problem with thousands of people working on solutions every day as something that is simply a fact of life. Climate change is not an objective thing, there are solutions. You cannot just change the subject, “the problem is that you and I both create carbon when we breathe.” Fuck no, that carbon was in the biosphere 2 seconds ago and is now in the atmosphere, it was not created, it was in the natural cycle already. The problem is the addition of new carbon that was previously sequestered and isolated from the cycle in coal or petroleum deep below the surface. The problem is that the world is growing without any consideration of how this growth will impact what is already there, that we choose to build freeways instead of trains or walkable cities, burn coal instead of use renewables, and manufacture a consumerism pitfall or every person unfortunate enough to be stuck in a capitalist economy like there is no tomorrow.
This is the fourth time I have heard him spend half an hour talking about his solar panels,
Yet again I have just proven to myself that walking away to a place quieter is the ultimate solution to any and every problem in a classroom, not classwork problem I mean social problem, or sensory issue.