tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1102338287781413110..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: It's the End of the Line - Act Immediately or Face Mass ExtinctionsThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50051251370462000332010-10-20T08:53:32.149-07:002010-10-20T08:53:32.149-07:00@ Anyong. This post is linked to the WWF report v...@ Anyong. This post is linked to the WWF report via the USA Today story above.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-25521896456414047222010-10-20T08:51:07.977-07:002010-10-20T08:51:07.977-07:00I suspect we're seeing one of the uglier aspec...I suspect we're seeing one of the uglier aspects of wedge politics. No matter what Harper does his support seems to stabilize in the mid to high-30's. No matter what Harper does, Ignatieff's numbers trail his party's meagre high 20's-low 30's.<br /><br />Ignatieff's only hope of becoming prime minister is to wait for Harper to implode. In other words, he's gutless. He won't bring down the government while his own numbers languish which, essentially, allows Harper to achieve his agenda incrementally.<br /><br />Ignatieff is the best thing Harper has going for him. It pains me to say that but it's absolutely true.<br /><br />Iggy is hanging on by his fingernails. You'll not find any courage there.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19193099738662258952010-10-20T08:37:34.996-07:002010-10-20T08:37:34.996-07:00Anyong, as this report says "the information ...Anyong, as this report says "the information and tools we need to change this trend are readily available". Canada should be leading the pack when it comes to investment in renewables. Instead we subsidize Tar Sands development. Is there no political leader who has the guts to call for a moratorium on the Tar Sands? I despair sometimes.LMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-39382307602504191522010-10-20T01:12:33.546-07:002010-10-20T01:12:33.546-07:00This is a great read...............http://www.mark...This is a great read...............http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/WWF-Canadians-Footprints-Among-Worlds-Heaviest-1334133.htm Cheers, AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-60493312568728553372010-10-19T20:07:13.249-07:002010-10-19T20:07:13.249-07:00I found some more recent quotes from Mulcair. He ...I found some more recent quotes from Mulcair. He thinks the Tar Sands are the antithesis of sustainable development, and that their development should proceed at a slower pace. Big deal. Doesn't seem much different from Iggy after all. Damn!LMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-59900007587912867132010-10-19T13:51:34.368-07:002010-10-19T13:51:34.368-07:00I guess that's what they say about always livi...I guess that's what they say about always living in hope. Right now it sure beats the alternative.<br /><br />Maybe I can find the June, 2007 Macleans on my next trip to the doctor. They seem to have very edition of that magazine dating back to the invention of internal combustion.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-6164726162853447782010-10-19T13:34:22.460-07:002010-10-19T13:34:22.460-07:00Hey you never know. Maybe we'll get to a carb...Hey you never know. Maybe we'll get to a carbon tax when there are renewable alternatives available.<br /><br />I've been trying to read up on Mulcair a bit because I like his fire and passion about the environment. You might want to check out an article by Kady O'Malley in Macleans 27 June, 2007 in which he outlined his priorities, i.e., environmental issues, Kyoto, sustainable development, Canada's role as a peacekeeper, tight budgets with a "heart", etc. I respect Layton, but Mulcair might revitalize the party and lead us forward.LMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18558979471126459202010-10-19T09:22:41.725-07:002010-10-19T09:22:41.725-07:00It's a combination of scourges we have to repl...It's a combination of scourges we have to replace - 18th century economics, 19th century energy, 20th century geo-politics. Their synergy powerfully propelled the world until they stopped working around the 1970's. Yet we're so ingrained to see our future in the context of these conventions that it becomes almost impossible to imagine the alternatives necessary to adapt to the 21st century challenges.<br /><br />I don't know much about Mulcair but I have no reason to believe his party or caucus has much appetite for the sort of change that's required. The NDP has already come out on the wrong side of the carbon tax issue. There's been no sign they've suddenly seen the light.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-89291619484542600792010-10-19T08:34:39.304-07:002010-10-19T08:34:39.304-07:00We need leaders who are environmentalists first an...We need leaders who are environmentalists first and politicians second. People who are willing to take action, rather than just set nonbinding targets, for reducing GHG's and preserving biodiversity. Thomas Mulcair perhaps?LMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-58927073189854813862010-10-18T22:40:37.615-07:002010-10-18T22:40:37.615-07:00Well, we shouldn't have to wait very long for ...Well, we shouldn't have to wait very long for that catastrophe to show up LMA.<br /><br />We're burning so many of these candles at both ends yet can't seem to grasp how that ends if the flames aren't stopped.<br /><br />It's long been apparent to me that those of us who live in small coastal towns surrounded by expanses of forested mountains see the impacts of climate change far more clearly than city dwellers. Those in the far north or in the southern hemisphere see it even more starkly.<br /><br />Unfortunately our political leadership see very little gain to be had in the environmental realm. If anything they see it as risky, perhaps even toxic to their personal ambitions. At best they pay it lip service and then quickly move on.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18484198641037747282010-10-18T21:23:51.939-07:002010-10-18T21:23:51.939-07:00A Yale study recently reviewed on ClimateProgress....A Yale study recently reviewed on ClimateProgress.org showed that over half of Americans had limited or inaccurate knowledge about climate change, e.g., about half believed that aerosol cans, volcanic eruptions and the space program were contributing to climate change, and that fossil fuels are the fossilized remains of dinosaurs. Two thirds had never heard anything about coral reef bleaching or ocean acidification. The study suggested that people don't have to learn about climate change because it doesn't yet impact their daily lives.<br /><br />A lot of us live in cities and are becoming increasingly diconnected from nature so we don't see the changes that are happening and affecting other species. IMO it is going to take some catastrophic natural disaster to wake us up.LMAnoreply@blogger.com