Global Warming and Continuous Change
From CBS News: Just a quick glance at the new U.S. Climate Normals maps published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Tuesday is enough for most climate scientists to say, “I told you so.” And it’s not just because the maps show a warmer and wetter nation, as one would expect with global warming; it’s also the specific geographic pattern of those changes.
As senior energy analyst Glenn Doty points out, perhaps the most problematic aspect of climate change is that the nastiest effects, e.g., sea-level rise, will change continuously for centuries.
Thus we have questions like: Where should we rebuild New York City when Manhattan Island goes under water? There really is no good answer to that question, unless you want to put it next to Denver at 5000 feet above what is now sea level.
Call me a radical lefty, but, IMO, certain pieces of IP should reside in the public sector, i.e., not for profit. Among them, I include anything that pertains to human health and safety.
As suggested in the photo here, Americans have a bad habit of underestimating the enormity of their problems.
Much to the chagrin of American conservatives, i.e., those who stand for Ronald Reagan’s values of small government and limited spending, Trump has successfully marginalized any congressional Republican who doesn’t maintain absolute loyalty to him. God help him or her who’s bold enough to tell the truth about the “Big Lie,” aka the ridiculous “stolen election” narrative.
Mitch McConnell has inflicted a great deal of damage on the American people over the years, but, though he doesn’t seem to realize it, it seems those days are over. With 200+ million vaccinations, 160 million stimulus checks, a great deal of environmental devastation reversed, a huge jobs/clean infrastructure bill in the works, and respect for the U.S. from foreign countries dramatically improved, let’s be honest: things aren’t going McConnell’s way.
OK, maybe you saw this one coming.
The rejection of science is a phenomenon that lies at the core of many of the most challenging issues in our world today.
Technologically, the world has the capacity to end most of human suffering, and create a sustainable society in which we all live productive, healthy, and happy lives.
Carl Sagan died in 1996.
Yeah! Go get ’em! Take it on the goddamn road!
