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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on April 6, 2012 at 9:43pm

I wonder how society will avert these disasters.  I don't think there is the will to do that.  The problem with being a cassandra is that no one listens.  The individual can live in a ways so as to say, "I am morally not culpable in this.  I did my part" but the politician lives in a world of short term strategies, the corporation lives in a world of short term profits, and the majority of most societies live  is a world of ostrich emulation and fantasy.  I believe that the individual can do more if they think of how to create a society and environment in what is to be the next, chaotic, more difficult geologic era to come.  I don't think there is a choice.  I liked the almost-completed current and past geologic era better, but we will soon say goodby to that regardless of what we as individuals want.

Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on April 6, 2012 at 11:14pm

I like your reference to Cassandra. Let's hope we fair better than she. 

Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on April 6, 2012 at 11:13pm

This is an important message and one that reveals how seriously we need to listen. There is no reason we cannot begin to do what we can to reduce CO2, individually. Where to begin? 

Monitor and cut back on energy use. 

Plan car use by running errands by planning fewer miles. 

Eat lower on the food chain

Contact state and natonal legislators to encourage their support of lower CO2 use

Work to get off coal, not start tar sands processing, stop drilling. 

Get information about payouts of oil and energy interests to legislators. 

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I can start doing these things.