tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post2390475907158186845..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: Climate catastrophe: The median is NOT the messageKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-40401925585526263372018-10-16T03:46:51.704-04:002018-10-16T03:46:51.704-04:00I agree that this is a great essay.I agree that this is a great essay.ChemEnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168251215012150114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-73842576930130877982018-10-16T01:25:35.073-04:002018-10-16T01:25:35.073-04:00Sorry, I meant early 1980's. Typo.Sorry, I meant early 1980's. Typo.Alex Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11141662062651853725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-69197500866519238452018-10-16T01:24:48.478-04:002018-10-16T01:24:48.478-04:00I said several years ago on Radio Ecoshock: if we ...I said several years ago on Radio Ecoshock: if we knew the true truth of our situation regarding both energy and climate, we would put our vehicles up on blocks in our front yards, as a first start toward survival. Our neighbors should see. But I claim to know quite a bit about the science behind our situation, and I still have a car.<br /><br />Years ago, I did leave. We lived 10 years without electricity, growing a lot or our own food, getting ready for the coming collapse (which almost happened in the early 1990's when New York City went bankrupt, along with Chrysler, their first). But no one else left or changed. As I purchased batteries and food, my independence was illusory. If the system disappeared overnight, it would have been an epic struggle to survive... or not. That kind of survival is mostly for young people, although a few old grannies survived the collapse of the Soviet Union, when payments, banks, and food distribution disappeared over a year or two.<br /><br />So we're stuck, unless a new generation can un-stick us.<br /><br />This is great essay Kurt!Alex Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11141662062651853725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-39770772989842196602018-10-15T10:53:01.339-04:002018-10-15T10:53:01.339-04:00One of the things I find particularly frustrating ...One of the things I find particularly frustrating is the lengths we go to to convince ourselves that the existential dilemmas we are facing are not influenced by the things we do 'locally', that we can continue on with 'business as usual' at the local level because such actions are not impactful in the larger scheme of things. I am seeing this highlighted once again for me as we here in Ontario face another round of municipal elections. Each and every candidate is promising more. More services. More development. More conveniences. More growth. Whether it is the result of reducing one's cognitive dissonance or ignorance, it is simply more evidence for me that there is not only no solution for these issues but that even any management of the consequences will not occur so long as the infinite growth mentality has its hold on so many people, but especially the 'decision-makers' in our world who are simply leading the 'herd' over the impending cliff.Steve Bullhttps://olduvai.canoreply@blogger.com