tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2052850095325458607..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: A Tough CallThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-37791809907792501952016-12-23T10:16:06.867-08:002016-12-23T10:16:06.867-08:00Thanks for providing recent updates regarding the ...Thanks for providing recent updates regarding the concern, I look forward to read more. <a href="http://www.steamdude.com/" rel="nofollow">water damage restoration tampa</a><br />Rehinnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924226684723511707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-86836737123045383062016-12-13T13:07:08.077-08:002016-12-13T13:07:08.077-08:00I share your pessimism, Toby. Wish I didn't. A...I share your pessimism, Toby. Wish I didn't. At an intellectual level there's some consensus on what is necessary yet on a societal level there's really no appetite for it. Ours won't be the first society brought down by this paradox.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71559773013318548752016-12-13T13:04:22.325-08:002016-12-13T13:04:22.325-08:00NPoV, thanks for the link. I found the writer'...NPoV, thanks for the link. I found the writer's comments a bit abstract, save for the brief reference to overthrowing the government, an idea that wasn't developed. He likewise stopped well short of calling for a massive campaign of civil disobedience. Yet can anything short of that possibly forestall the worst? I couldn't convince my neighbours to reduce their fossil fuel consumption by 30% much less persuade them to curb their standard of living by 40%, perhaps more. We have a sense that we're entitled to these things, at least until every other last individual has cut back and then, maybe.<br /><br />We want solutions that are effortless and demand no significant sacrifice. Look at the decided lack of support for upping the price of a tankful of SUV juice by five or six bucks.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-10050943021378689852016-12-13T11:50:43.741-08:002016-12-13T11:50:43.741-08:00Still, most people believe that natural gas is cle...Still, most people believe that natural gas is clean. They believe that dams are clean. I don't know how to explain to people that there is no free lunch; that everything has a trade off. To some degree I've been aware of this stuff for 50 years; most people simply won't listen. Those of us who know that there is a problem are simply flapping our jaws in the breeze. There won't be a serious public awakening until Mother Nature throws a really big one at us such as a Jupiter sized hurricane, a 20 metre rise of sea level or air so fouled that we have to carry oxygen canisters. Even at that many will just believe it to be God's will. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-53415999036884069072016-12-13T11:41:01.332-08:002016-12-13T11:41:01.332-08:00http://greensocialthought.org/content/ascendance-t...http://greensocialthought.org/content/ascendance-trump-makes-broad-based-climate-action-essential%E2%80%94and-achievableNorthern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.com