tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post2706529683116078615..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: "Reform" won't solve our biggest problemsKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-31870172141737677012017-04-25T11:36:43.577-04:002017-04-25T11:36:43.577-04:00I'm throwing this out there because we seem to...I'm throwing this out there because we seem to be always looking towards government policy to "help" get on the right track(please be kind, first time posting here). However, isn't the best catalyst for change is the citizenry taking personal steps/action outside of any government local or otherwise? Do I want to "wait" for endless meetings, proposals, reviews by government panels to do what I can on a local/personal level? I do realize that some actions require approval when dealing with public concerns. But always looking to policy change seems to me stalls what an individual/community can do on their own especially in regard to climate remediation which can start with simple conservation measures. Sometimes the public needs simple tools to immerse them in the community.Danny Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239701610522812113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-12511938509205953672017-04-23T13:50:05.277-04:002017-04-23T13:50:05.277-04:00the worldwide tightly networked systems which domi...<i>the worldwide tightly networked systems which dominate our lives today are too fragile to last. But that doesn't mean they will dissolve all at once or at the same rate.</i><br /><br />I think an exploration of "tightly networked" is in order. "For want of a nail.." failures might easily dissolve all of our high tech systems all at once, particularly because they are networked so tightly. I would hope that governments are identifying key parts of these networks so as to be able to compensate for them if they fail, but we probably won't know until one or more failures actually happen. <br /><br />I think the most critical part of our modern industrial civilization is banking. If confidence in the integrity of banks is permanently lost, we then lose the letters of credit and other financial instruments that allow international trade to occur. Without trade, everything collapses. It almost happened in 2008 and could happen again at any time. Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251330546889158364noreply@blogger.com