tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1741716153702308663..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Now Is Not the Time for Crazy People to RuleThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81390332502560717242011-03-09T14:52:39.692-08:002011-03-09T14:52:39.692-08:00@6E - Andrew Nikiforuk makes a powerful case that ...@6E - Andrew Nikiforuk makes a powerful case that Canada has truly been transformed into a classic petro-state thanks to the Athabasca Tar Sands. This involves the federal government almost as much as the Alberta government and, in Ottawa, the petro-pols are well represented on both sides of the aisle in the Commons.<br /><br />You're completely right about the need to rebuild public awareness. Just don't count on those responsible for the safety and wellbeing of the country and our people. They're on the other side.<br /><br />@LMA. The permafrost is going and, with it, the amazing volume of stored CO2. Call it "reverse carbon sequestration." This is also afflicting Russia's vast taiga.<br /><br />When the CO2 is released from the permafrost it will evidence the passage of at least one "tipping point" the uncontrollable feedback mechanisms climate scientists have tried to warn us about for years.<br /><br />That's the problem with tipping points and runaway global warming. The tipping points are not immediate, they're not readily observable, perfect for the "out of sight, out of mind" society. We force the tipping point to give long before we understand what we've done.<br /><br />We have the knowledge and the means to safeguard our future but we won't use them in time. That is, on a global scale, our Achilles' Heel.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-53734443813184134762011-03-09T14:31:18.985-08:002011-03-09T14:31:18.985-08:00Hope this isn't a duplicate comment - got an e...Hope this isn't a duplicate comment - got an error message when I first tried to post.<br /><br />Anyway just wanted to agree that we need a clear headed leader with steely resolve, someone to wake us up to the changes that are happening in the Arctic, and the immorality of pursuing a fossil fuel economy based on the Tar Sands.<br /><br />A couple of weeks ago, climateprogress.org covered NSIDC research indicating a PCF, permafrost carbon feedback which will turn the Arctic permafrost into a carbon source instead of a carbon sink by the mid 2020's. Irreversible, scary stuff.<br /><br />If Canadians remain content to support policies that will pollute the air and water and export dirty oil globally, then we deserve the government we will get. Climate change surely must be an election issue.LMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-59500309060901780072011-03-09T13:30:59.483-08:002011-03-09T13:30:59.483-08:00I've been thinking about this myself lately. Y...I've been thinking about this myself lately. You're absolutely right about disengagement. Not that Canada was ever a leader on this, but I've noticed a major shift in the past five years or so, with climate change moving from a major issue in politics to a minor footnote. Harper was criticized for putting an incompetent rookie into the environment ministry years ago. Today I doubt most Canadians even know who the current minister is.<br /><br />Something is going to have to wake us up again. I'm afraid we may have to start almost from square one in terms of building public attention, though.Sixth Estatehttp://sixthestate.netnoreply@blogger.com