What Will It Be? Money or Planetary Death?
No one can tell me we give a damn about future generations because we obviously do not.
If you heard the conversation on Science Friday today about the need to "geoengineer" our lame selves out of planetary death, you could pretty much tell that we just don't give a damn about anybody but ourselves.
The conversation was like something from science fiction only it was for real. Apparently it will become imperative that we "do something" to prevent catastrophic planetary climate change but of course none of us around right now, at least 40 and up, will REALLY need to worry about it so screw all you 30-somethings and less not to mention all those babies not born yet as we relentlessly pulse towards 7 billion (earth's carrying capacity is 1 billion--Houston, we have a problem). I mean, who cares for those of us on the way OUT?
The conversation was with Dr. Rob Jackson who was representing the Ecological Society of America. I was bucking for the guy. Go Rob go!! Say we are the pathetic narcissistic species we are! Go ahead! You are an ecologist! A scientist. You can get away with it dude! Say it! But alas, no. This guy sounded like the token climate change "expert" from the American Enterprise Institute talking in all seriousness about re-engineering the planet without giving as much as a glimmer of the magnitude of what he was saying. (Note too the utter lack of courage from anyone in leadership positions today aside from Sarah Palin who shows tremendous courage in wanting to lead us off a cliff). Does anyone understand the magnitude of what he was saying? That THE PLANET IS DYING? DOES ANYBODY GET THAT but see my first sentence then go watch T.V.
The astounding thing is everyone says we have to DO something!!!! (And I loved it when India told Hillary to shove it up her ass. She was imploring India to take more steps to control climate change. India's leaders asked her what sacrifices Americans have been asked to made for climate change and guess what folks? The answer is ZERO. We have not been asked to sacrifice one damn thing).
So we have to "DO" something!!!! Gosh, and what might that be? Gosh. Hmmmm.....2000+ research articles....uhmm...gosh...I don't know. HOW ABOUT IF WE STOP DRIVING? BURNING COAL? WE COULD DO THIS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, TOMORROW? PHASE IT IN OVER A FEW MONTHS? CHANGE OUR SOCIETY ENOUGH TO SAVE OUR OWN PLANET? But I talk such silliness...
The other absurdity was when Jackson said that taking measures to save our planet would be expensive. NO!!! REALLY???? YOU'RE KIDDING? YOU MEAN SAVING AN ENTIRE PLANET FROM A BUNCH OF SELF-ABSORBED BEINGS WHO REFUSE TO MAKE ANY SACRIFICES AT ALL SO INSTEAD WE WILL JUST "RE-ENGINEER" THE ENTIRE F-ING PLANET WILL BE EXPENSIVE? GOSH. REALLY? I see. So instead of not driving anymore and not burning coal, two things we could do pretty easily do and quickly albeit with major adjustments, we will just RE-ENGINEER THE ENTIRE PLANET INSTEAD. Gosh and then there is the idea floating around that it's time for us to start colonizing the moon. Instead of just stopping with the driving and coal, we'll re-engineer the whole planet and move to the moon!!! SUPER!!
Sure. And god forbid we put money BELOW planetary death. I mean we invented money as a species and we could always DEINVENT IT but no, we'll have money right up to the point where our little eyeballs go out in one spectacular conflagration. Hold on to your cash folks when we finally burn up!!
In summary, and a calmly as I can possibly manage, we could phase out driving, at least on fossil fuels, and shut down coal plants immediately. We could create incentives to develop a solar car and slap those panels on our roofs (something the huge power companies DO NOT want us to do or those huge "green" transmission line projects may go by the wayside). We could be very happy with working closer or in our homes and/or getting 20 mph in our solar cars. We could also phase out currency or money since it appears we love it so much, we are ready to sacrifice our own planet and the future of our children for it. We invented it. We can de-invent it.
But we are not completely evolved as a species and the reptilian brain is still in charge. We are really in reality, a very sick species.
A researcher I know recently suggested Sarah Palin might be suffering from neurotoxicity from eating so much fish, as in mercury contamination. This could explain her profound and disturbing wackiness. But now I wonder if we are not all walking around with our brains laden with contaminants affecting our behavior? I mean, I kind of hope this is it otherwise there is no excuse.
It turns out we are probably a species that really really needs to and indeed deserves to go extinct. Give the earth and all the innocent creatures on it-- a freaking permanent break.
Maybe see you on the moon in a few years.
If you heard the conversation on Science Friday today about the need to "geoengineer" our lame selves out of planetary death, you could pretty much tell that we just don't give a damn about anybody but ourselves.
The conversation was like something from science fiction only it was for real. Apparently it will become imperative that we "do something" to prevent catastrophic planetary climate change but of course none of us around right now, at least 40 and up, will REALLY need to worry about it so screw all you 30-somethings and less not to mention all those babies not born yet as we relentlessly pulse towards 7 billion (earth's carrying capacity is 1 billion--Houston, we have a problem). I mean, who cares for those of us on the way OUT?
The conversation was with Dr. Rob Jackson who was representing the Ecological Society of America. I was bucking for the guy. Go Rob go!! Say we are the pathetic narcissistic species we are! Go ahead! You are an ecologist! A scientist. You can get away with it dude! Say it! But alas, no. This guy sounded like the token climate change "expert" from the American Enterprise Institute talking in all seriousness about re-engineering the planet without giving as much as a glimmer of the magnitude of what he was saying. (Note too the utter lack of courage from anyone in leadership positions today aside from Sarah Palin who shows tremendous courage in wanting to lead us off a cliff). Does anyone understand the magnitude of what he was saying? That THE PLANET IS DYING? DOES ANYBODY GET THAT but see my first sentence then go watch T.V.
The astounding thing is everyone says we have to DO something!!!! (And I loved it when India told Hillary to shove it up her ass. She was imploring India to take more steps to control climate change. India's leaders asked her what sacrifices Americans have been asked to made for climate change and guess what folks? The answer is ZERO. We have not been asked to sacrifice one damn thing).
So we have to "DO" something!!!! Gosh, and what might that be? Gosh. Hmmmm.....2000+ research articles....uhmm...gosh...I don't know. HOW ABOUT IF WE STOP DRIVING? BURNING COAL? WE COULD DO THIS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, TOMORROW? PHASE IT IN OVER A FEW MONTHS? CHANGE OUR SOCIETY ENOUGH TO SAVE OUR OWN PLANET? But I talk such silliness...
The other absurdity was when Jackson said that taking measures to save our planet would be expensive. NO!!! REALLY???? YOU'RE KIDDING? YOU MEAN SAVING AN ENTIRE PLANET FROM A BUNCH OF SELF-ABSORBED BEINGS WHO REFUSE TO MAKE ANY SACRIFICES AT ALL SO INSTEAD WE WILL JUST "RE-ENGINEER" THE ENTIRE F-ING PLANET WILL BE EXPENSIVE? GOSH. REALLY? I see. So instead of not driving anymore and not burning coal, two things we could do pretty easily do and quickly albeit with major adjustments, we will just RE-ENGINEER THE ENTIRE PLANET INSTEAD. Gosh and then there is the idea floating around that it's time for us to start colonizing the moon. Instead of just stopping with the driving and coal, we'll re-engineer the whole planet and move to the moon!!! SUPER!!
Sure. And god forbid we put money BELOW planetary death. I mean we invented money as a species and we could always DEINVENT IT but no, we'll have money right up to the point where our little eyeballs go out in one spectacular conflagration. Hold on to your cash folks when we finally burn up!!
In summary, and a calmly as I can possibly manage, we could phase out driving, at least on fossil fuels, and shut down coal plants immediately. We could create incentives to develop a solar car and slap those panels on our roofs (something the huge power companies DO NOT want us to do or those huge "green" transmission line projects may go by the wayside). We could be very happy with working closer or in our homes and/or getting 20 mph in our solar cars. We could also phase out currency or money since it appears we love it so much, we are ready to sacrifice our own planet and the future of our children for it. We invented it. We can de-invent it.
But we are not completely evolved as a species and the reptilian brain is still in charge. We are really in reality, a very sick species.
A researcher I know recently suggested Sarah Palin might be suffering from neurotoxicity from eating so much fish, as in mercury contamination. This could explain her profound and disturbing wackiness. But now I wonder if we are not all walking around with our brains laden with contaminants affecting our behavior? I mean, I kind of hope this is it otherwise there is no excuse.
It turns out we are probably a species that really really needs to and indeed deserves to go extinct. Give the earth and all the innocent creatures on it-- a freaking permanent break.
Maybe see you on the moon in a few years.
