I’m sure what Voltaire says here is true, but what’s the value in “raising oneself above the ideas of the time.” Right now, human civilization is tottering on the brink of world fascism and environmental collapse. We need real solutions …
Category: Climate Change
A Relief to be around Like-Minded People
I met a guy today from a rural part of Central England–“nothing but farms and pubs,” as he put it. His father was an epidemiologist working for the United Nations, and so, as a boy, he lived all over the …
The Catholic Church Has Started to Get It
The civilized world is thrilled to see the Catholic church take on the mantle of environmentalism, especially since the religious right still quotes from the Book of Genesis: Only God can destroy the Earth to justify climate denialism.
Climate Change Denialists–a Cool Song
I hope you’ll check this out.
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Hitting the Tipping Point
Have we hit the tipping point on climate change? For example, has the melting permafrost in the Arctic released so much methane that a runaway feedback loop has been established? As suggested at left, an analogous question could be asked …
Climate “Superfund” Will Require Legislation at the Federal Level
A judge has ruled that New York State’s climate “superfund,” modeled after laws that provide money to clean up toxic waste, runs counter to federal law and is therefore invalid. Eventually, we will have laws that force companies whose actions …
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Religion Through the Millennia
What Seneca said here is as true today as it was 2000 years ago. When I was a boy, I predicted that the advancements of science would eventually put an end to religion, but it appears I was wrong. Dwindling …
How Oil Execs Sleep at Night
I’m sure some of these excuses are extremely common in the minds of those making huge profits by destroying our planet.
Tornadoes in Chicago
I met a woman from Chicago yesterday who is concerned that the nation’s third-largest city is experiencing increasing frequent and severe tornadoes, causing deaths and inflicting huge amounts of property damage. She seemed despondent, sadly resigned to the fact that …
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Government Is Inefficient, But . . .
Until I was about 40, what Milton Friedman said at left made perfect sense to me. That’s when I realized that free market capitalism is destroying the environment, and that without government regulation, our planet would soon be in flames. …
