The climate crisis is not caused by nature but by human beings, their growing population and relentless consumption. The desire for greater comfort, wealth and consumption defines success, while increasing families multiply this impact. Green technology alone cannot offset such massive growth in consumption. Climate change also triggers feedback loops that worsen warming. Unless happiness is separated from endless consumption and unchecked desires, the planet will continue moving toward mass extinction.
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Questioner: Hello, sir. Good evening. As we are seeing unexpected heat in the early 2023, like it's just Feb-March and it's already this hot. So, also, scientists expect that this year would be the hottest year in the last century. Also, the world population is also increasing rapidly. So, what do you think of this? Or climate crisis, is there any way out of it?
Acharya Prashant: Where is the crisis coming from? The answer is so obvious and so simple that we don't want to look at it. We want dramatic solutions to complex problems. Here, the solution is obvious, and the problem is not complex.
Who's causing all the heat? Where are all the emissions coming from? The dinosaurs did that? The rats and the wolves and the birds and the fish and the trees? They are doing all this? The fields, the butterflies, snakes, maybe they are wild creatures, all the baddies? Snakes must be causing climate change. Who's causing climate change? We are causing climate change. That's what, full stop. And even a Class 4 student can see the obvious: number of people multiplied by per capita consumption, right? That's proportional to your greenhouse emissions. Is that not simple?
