tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1374682977087709446..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Deadly Delusion of 2CThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-91510361877413344512015-05-05T15:33:19.534-07:002015-05-05T15:33:19.534-07:00I don't think we have much chance at all of av...I don't think we have much chance at all of averting some mass die-off, Toby. It's a bitter irony for the Third World that the developed economies primarily responsible for this new climate are also those at the latitudes best suited to enduring the coming changes.<br /><br />Oh well, there is a theory that intelligent life is self-extinguishing. Barring some global epiphany it seems we'll be putting that to the test.<br /><br />This all makes me nostalgic for the 60s when all we had to worry about was being turned into glass by Soviet nukes.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38508710933368970122015-05-05T15:25:40.466-07:002015-05-05T15:25:40.466-07:00"The stuff we rely upon . . . were designed a..."The stuff we rely upon . . . were designed and built for an earlier era with a different, less challenging climate."<br /><br />And for a much smaller population. I can't think of any solutions at all that adequately satisfy the needs and desires of seven billion people. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-6426215981576342032015-05-05T14:45:08.440-07:002015-05-05T14:45:08.440-07:00True enough, Toby. Ten years ago I thought it wou...True enough, Toby. Ten years ago I thought it would be mid-century before we were where we are today. Yes the onset is coming faster than we imagined. The science types are the first to admit they got it wrong, their forecasts were too rosey. I wonder what role the Cassandra complex played in that.<br /><br />The IPCC, so maligned by the Right, has been a great disappointment. The Achilles' Heel is its consensus format that allows well placed denialists to force the panel to dilute its findings. This does not auger well for the coming decades. <br /><br />We're already massively behind in replacing and upgrading our essential infrastructure to meet this new Anthropocene epoch. The stuff we rely upon, the roads and bridges and rail lines that form the arteries of our society, were designed and built for an earlier era with a different, less challenging climate. <br /><br />We flatly refuse to invest in the future and those who follow will pay dearly for that. <br /><br />Our very economic model, neoclassical and perpetually growth-based, is the societal equivalent of a 3 pack a day habit and we will not let it go.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-9393943008808030162015-05-05T13:37:40.544-07:002015-05-05T13:37:40.544-07:00"The greatest shortcoming of the human race i..."The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." <br /><br />THE MOST IMPORTANT VIDEO YOU'LL EVER SEE! <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOykY2SMbZ0<br /><br />As with everything else, the exponential function applies to Global Warming. Essentially, it is accelerating. The more we add to the problem the faster it grows. We are going to get to the edge of the cliff much faster than we think and then it will be to late to throw on the brakes. <br /><br />Tobynoreply@blogger.com