This is inspiring, though I’m afraid I’d rather my kids weren’t about to bring babies into a world of nuclear saber-rattling, trending world fascism, white nationalism, and the rejection of science leading to environmental collapse and climate catastrophe.
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Human Civilization Evolved To Be Incapable of Dealing With Climate Change
This is an interesting perspective, isn’t it? Why we as a civilization are so uninterested in averting all-but-certain climate catastrophe is a complex matter. It seems that we’ve evolved as a species to be more or less indifferent to the …
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Coal Keeps the Lights On?
They say, “The future always looks like the past, until it looks like something else altogether.” Given that, perhaps there is hope for this planet. But if the indefinite future looks like what we have right now, and this civilization …
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Our Civilization Must Cease Its War on Nature
Check out this short speech from the Secretary General of the United Nations, urging humankind to bring to a halt its war on nature before climate catastrophe becomes inevitable. Powerful stuff.
Catastrophe in Madrid–COP 25 Was a Disaster
If it’s possible, it seems that the fight against climate change is actually going backwards. The United States and the European Union, as well, are refusing to assume any responsibility for the damage that their emissions are causing and their …
Climate Change Mitigation’s Fiercest Enemy: The Human Mind
Here’s a piece from the PBS News Hour, presenting the sad fact that the evolution of the human brain is the largest single contributor to our civilization’s sluggish reaction to the climate catastrophe that science assures us is headed our …
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Is Nuclear Necessary?
Frequent commenter “BreathOnTheWind” asks: Could someone “remind” me why Nuclear Energy is essential as a “new model” for an era without fossil fuels? I would summarize the issues with nuclear as follows:
