"This issue is established science. It is not a matter of opinion."
Correct, the US has long been, especially per capita, the largest emitter of CO and CO2 and NO2. It is equally true that at the individual level, the vast majority of Americans are aware of the issue but, just do not care at all. Not....at.....all.
Just in the last 5 years, with full knowledge of global warming and its cause, a huge fraction of Americans, whether or not they ever haul any hay or lumber, have rushed out to purchase an $85,000 Ford F150 Super Cab with a 10 cylinder engine. Then, they have paid extra to cover the bed of said truck, rather than packing it full of hay or tools or any of the stuff we used our truck for on our old farm.
Then, they have put a loud exhaust on the truck and make sure to leave every stop light with their foot all the way to the floor to ensure maximum gas burn.
So, while it is true that Trump appears to be in a rush for mass human extinction, the vast majority of Americans are on board with that strategy. I mean, the vast majority Bill.
Trump and his head in the sand approach is WIDELY shared by Americans.
We travel to Greece intermittently and the size of the cars in Greece is about 1/7 of Ford F150 and those cars get about 50-60 mpg. The only trucks farmers use are these tiny, tiny Toyota Trucks about 1/5 the size of a Ford F150.
As long as Americans just don't care, or, worse, wish to rush us lemmings over the cliff with millions of Ford F150 super cabs with 10 cylinder engines?
We just have to get used to the fact that humans will, in the not so ever distant future, will be one more extinct species along with Saber Tooth Tigers and thousands of past life forms.
Earth? Will not care. It will still rotate. A billion years from now, maybe some newly evolved species will discover some gigantic junkyard filled with Ford F150 super cabs and wonder how they got there?
Well done Bill. Fortunately, there is a fair amount that we can do despite the babblings and performative acts of the pseudo-President. Every time we walk somewhere instead of driving, pick up a piece of recyclable material and see it disposed of properly, use a reusable grocery bag or storage container, install a solar or wind generation system at home or our business, or take any of the myriad other simple and available actions we know about, we strike a blow for the coral, the planet, ourselves and each other, and that is how and why we'll succeed as long as we make that choice. Trump can only last so long, and it is increasingly clear that legacy industry in all fields, but especially the fossil fuel and generation sector, see him as the last best hope of maintaining their destructive approach to life. There is no doubt about the benefits we've derived from petrochemicals, but like everything else, their day is passing and we all need to prepare for what's coming next, whatever that turns out to be.
We can strike back at magamania by installing solar voltaic and solar hot water panels on our roof tops. I did in 2011. We can also drive EV's or at least hybrids. We can support pro-science, pro-truth. pro-planet and anti-greed candidates for office in 2026. And we can vote.
Thanks, Bill. This is very educational. I wish I'd seen it a couple of months ago before we went to Hawaii. The environmental threat the world faces from the current occupant of the White House is devastating, but frankly, his ignorance just perpetuates and accelerates man-unkind's mistreatment of our vital resources. Our individual efforts to educate, mitigate, and protect will probably be more productive than shoveling $#!+ against the trumptide.
Gosh, but we’re told externalities don’t matter in capitalist economic models.
I wonder if irony tastes like fish….
The commons is mostly unprotected, but we old farts hope young people will fix stuff; but we were once the young people, and stuff seems always broken….
Mahalo /Thank you for bringing focus on the current Administration’s dangerous denial on Climate Change …Hawaii is experiencing the very real consequences of global warming (someone might want to tell DeSatan he needs to restore “climate change” to the science books in Florida 🤬)
Bill,
"This issue is established science. It is not a matter of opinion."
Correct, the US has long been, especially per capita, the largest emitter of CO and CO2 and NO2. It is equally true that at the individual level, the vast majority of Americans are aware of the issue but, just do not care at all. Not....at.....all.
Just in the last 5 years, with full knowledge of global warming and its cause, a huge fraction of Americans, whether or not they ever haul any hay or lumber, have rushed out to purchase an $85,000 Ford F150 Super Cab with a 10 cylinder engine. Then, they have paid extra to cover the bed of said truck, rather than packing it full of hay or tools or any of the stuff we used our truck for on our old farm.
Then, they have put a loud exhaust on the truck and make sure to leave every stop light with their foot all the way to the floor to ensure maximum gas burn.
So, while it is true that Trump appears to be in a rush for mass human extinction, the vast majority of Americans are on board with that strategy. I mean, the vast majority Bill.
Trump and his head in the sand approach is WIDELY shared by Americans.
We travel to Greece intermittently and the size of the cars in Greece is about 1/7 of Ford F150 and those cars get about 50-60 mpg. The only trucks farmers use are these tiny, tiny Toyota Trucks about 1/5 the size of a Ford F150.
As long as Americans just don't care, or, worse, wish to rush us lemmings over the cliff with millions of Ford F150 super cabs with 10 cylinder engines?
We just have to get used to the fact that humans will, in the not so ever distant future, will be one more extinct species along with Saber Tooth Tigers and thousands of past life forms.
Earth? Will not care. It will still rotate. A billion years from now, maybe some newly evolved species will discover some gigantic junkyard filled with Ford F150 super cabs and wonder how they got there?
What species generated so much junk?
Well done Bill. Fortunately, there is a fair amount that we can do despite the babblings and performative acts of the pseudo-President. Every time we walk somewhere instead of driving, pick up a piece of recyclable material and see it disposed of properly, use a reusable grocery bag or storage container, install a solar or wind generation system at home or our business, or take any of the myriad other simple and available actions we know about, we strike a blow for the coral, the planet, ourselves and each other, and that is how and why we'll succeed as long as we make that choice. Trump can only last so long, and it is increasingly clear that legacy industry in all fields, but especially the fossil fuel and generation sector, see him as the last best hope of maintaining their destructive approach to life. There is no doubt about the benefits we've derived from petrochemicals, but like everything else, their day is passing and we all need to prepare for what's coming next, whatever that turns out to be.
Well said, Dave!
Thanks Bob.
We can strike back at magamania by installing solar voltaic and solar hot water panels on our roof tops. I did in 2011. We can also drive EV's or at least hybrids. We can support pro-science, pro-truth. pro-planet and anti-greed candidates for office in 2026. And we can vote.
Thanks, Bill. This is very educational. I wish I'd seen it a couple of months ago before we went to Hawaii. The environmental threat the world faces from the current occupant of the White House is devastating, but frankly, his ignorance just perpetuates and accelerates man-unkind's mistreatment of our vital resources. Our individual efforts to educate, mitigate, and protect will probably be more productive than shoveling $#!+ against the trumptide.
Gosh, but we’re told externalities don’t matter in capitalist economic models.
I wonder if irony tastes like fish….
The commons is mostly unprotected, but we old farts hope young people will fix stuff; but we were once the young people, and stuff seems always broken….
Here’s a well written SF book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swarm_(Sch%C3%A4tzing_novel)
I'd also recommend The Green Brain, a 1966 ecological commentary from Frank Herbert.
I suspect that irony tastes better after it ferments for a while; more like lutefisk than Chilean Sea Bass.
I just read the plot summary. Yikes. But right up my alley. Are you the one who recommended "Ministry of the Future"? Half way through that.
Yes. Both books were reviewed in AAAS Science magazine because the stories were so well researched.
Thank you for your communications.
BTW, another fun author is Tom Holt, see for example « Management Style of the Supreme Beings ». https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Holt
Mahalo /Thank you for bringing focus on the current Administration’s dangerous denial on Climate Change …Hawaii is experiencing the very real consequences of global warming (someone might want to tell DeSatan he needs to restore “climate change” to the science books in Florida 🤬)
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/cautionary-tale-2019-coral-bleaching-event-hawaii
Thanks Bill.
Too true!