A sobering and insightful article. Instead of billionaires increasing our carbon footprint by sending people into space for a joyride perhaps they could use that money and influence to get nations’ leaders to act on climate change and the other problems this planet is facing. I can only hope these conferences will lead to action.
I read what you wrote, & know it to be true. Then I read that Build Back Better will be cutting the clean electrical program because Senator Joe Manchin is owned by coal & gas companies. The solution would be to elect more progressive Democrats to the Senate, so the Democratic Party has a true majority & can pass this bill which benefits everyone in the world, & our planet.
Thank you as usual for your wise council of our need to be mindful and act on climate change and global warming. Currently, through Monday, the summit www.fungiglobalsummit advises that remedial action will be through the 'heart' rather than the mind. It is quite impressive. Nature and its phenomenal healing powers are there for the planet if only recognized and called on.
China is one of the biggest problems imo. Coal-fired power stations are being built at a great rate there, in India too. It seems like only Western Europe is attempting to reduce CO2 emissions, recycle waste, clean up beaches….
Your treatment of this exponentially important subject is brilliant. Your storytelling skills are on full display in getting across our dire crisis. Using your deep background & insights gives breadth to this vital piece. Very well done!
These conferences are critical to our continuance as a livable planet but can only have value if approached with the deserved magnitude of significance by all countries & leaders.
I’m extremely hopeful but, like Greta Thunberg, my expectations suffer by what I see in my own country as my President’s climate goals are being dismantled by an entire party of deviant politicians & one of his own party who has sold out to fossil fuel criminals through his singular nefarious greed.
I read this similar chronological breakdown 10 and 20 years ago and nothing has changed. Somehow the corporate powers have to be personally affected by the climate breakdown before they realize the damage they helped create or care to do something about it. Can they be so careless as to commit suicide for profit? And also why are other world aliens always 'little' and 'green'? (Physics?)
"That flaw is most notable in their never-ending hunger for more consumption and growth. It is a lifestyle that doesn't fit within nature's capacity on this modestly-sized planet." This!
A sobering and insightful article. Instead of billionaires increasing our carbon footprint by sending people into space for a joyride perhaps they could use that money and influence to get nations’ leaders to act on climate change and the other problems this planet is facing. I can only hope these conferences will lead to action.
I read what you wrote, & know it to be true. Then I read that Build Back Better will be cutting the clean electrical program because Senator Joe Manchin is owned by coal & gas companies. The solution would be to elect more progressive Democrats to the Senate, so the Democratic Party has a true majority & can pass this bill which benefits everyone in the world, & our planet.
Thank you as usual for your wise council of our need to be mindful and act on climate change and global warming. Currently, through Monday, the summit www.fungiglobalsummit advises that remedial action will be through the 'heart' rather than the mind. It is quite impressive. Nature and its phenomenal healing powers are there for the planet if only recognized and called on.
Metta
China is one of the biggest problems imo. Coal-fired power stations are being built at a great rate there, in India too. It seems like only Western Europe is attempting to reduce CO2 emissions, recycle waste, clean up beaches….
Your treatment of this exponentially important subject is brilliant. Your storytelling skills are on full display in getting across our dire crisis. Using your deep background & insights gives breadth to this vital piece. Very well done!
These conferences are critical to our continuance as a livable planet but can only have value if approached with the deserved magnitude of significance by all countries & leaders.
I’m extremely hopeful but, like Greta Thunberg, my expectations suffer by what I see in my own country as my President’s climate goals are being dismantled by an entire party of deviant politicians & one of his own party who has sold out to fossil fuel criminals through his singular nefarious greed.
Troubling times, anxious but hopeful.
I read this similar chronological breakdown 10 and 20 years ago and nothing has changed. Somehow the corporate powers have to be personally affected by the climate breakdown before they realize the damage they helped create or care to do something about it. Can they be so careless as to commit suicide for profit? And also why are other world aliens always 'little' and 'green'? (Physics?)
Thank you Alexander - a brilliant addition to The Planet which I intend to share.
Great story! Contributing to awareness. Super-needed.
"That flaw is most notable in their never-ending hunger for more consumption and growth. It is a lifestyle that doesn't fit within nature's capacity on this modestly-sized planet." This!
Per/cap CO2 emissions line up with lifestyle choices - https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/, which doesn't necessarily line up with wealth or comfort/amenities level - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-wealth-per-capita/. We don't have to live like cavemen, we just need to be smarter about what we spend on, what resources we use.