> Much of our thinking is still dreamily stuck in 'how
> can we stop global warming?' mode. This isn't helpful
> because specialist after specialist insists that even
> if every offending device and system were to magically
> disappear overnight, the warming process would
> continue.
It's ridiculous and irresponsible to take the attitude that it is too late to stop global warming. This fatalistic attitude can only come from adults who aren't thinking about how the future generations will have to deal with the problems we did nothing about. We may not be able to reverse or stop global warming, but if we are proactive now we can hopefully lessen the effects down the line. We owe it to our grandchildren and the planet.
I don't even have children and the fate of future generations is constantly on my mind.
Perhaps I'm a stupid, incurable optimist, so I don't fit well with the doomsayer collapsism of the American Left. I think that we can make a difference, but we have to ACT now.
I know that my take on this will meet with hostility from the resident armchair activists on this list, but I think that it will take dramatic action, direct action to stop global warming. We have to support those who are taking dramatic actions, like the activists involved with the Earth Liberation Front. That kind of dissent probably doesn't suit most of us, but we should be figuring out other radical ways to act on behalf of the environment. Pushing some liberal Al Gore videos doesn't cut it. Voting for the Democrats doesn't cut it. We need to support a renewed anti-capitalist movement, which holds out some promise of sabotaging capitalism. We should support radical unions and people who are engaged in direct action campaigns.
And fuck biofuels!
Chuck