Coming to one of life's turning points. Cannot help but think that the latest IPCC report should have been one of the bigger wake-up moments for this generation. But it's already disappeared from the news agendas - hell, it was gone within a day.
With luck, had planned a couple of weeks of leave around this time. Spent chunks of it, daily, doing focussed reading. Some horror, some hope. There's a still a chance we can avert this stuff. But we've lost decades.
In 30 years time, I need to be able to look my children in the eye - and hopefully their children - and say "here's what we did". As opposed to they who would throw-up-the-hands (best case) or those who would sell it's-all-a-hoax (worst case, but potentially same outcome).
We desperately need the world, and by implication the US as a leading player, to knuckle down. Keep the carbon in the ground, stop subsidising fossil fuel extraction, and work on something better for us all.
Also, hello folks and howdy all and it's been a while.
*nods at bartender; signals for drink*
With luck, had planned a couple of weeks of leave around this time. Spent chunks of it, daily, doing focussed reading. Some horror, some hope. There's a still a chance we can avert this stuff. But we've lost decades.
In 30 years time, I need to be able to look my children in the eye - and hopefully their children - and say "here's what we did". As opposed to they who would throw-up-the-hands (best case) or those who would sell it's-all-a-hoax (worst case, but potentially same outcome).
We desperately need the world, and by implication the US as a leading player, to knuckle down. Keep the carbon in the ground, stop subsidising fossil fuel extraction, and work on something better for us all.
Also, hello folks and howdy all and it's been a while.
*nods at bartender; signals for drink*
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