theadvancedapes what's your take on the upcoming announcement? You recently wrote about this, but I'm on my phone and can't provide the link.
I wrote a pre-emptive piece last week for concerns similar to the ones outlined quite well by C4SS. In short, I believe people should read the actual data and try their best to put facts ahead of beliefs. This is going to be too much to ask from a worrying number of people. That is why I emphasized in my post that whether you "believe" in anthropogenic climate change or not, it doesn't change the fact that we need a new energy economy now. This is because a) fossil fuels are a finite resource, b) there are not enough to provide energy abundance for the whole world, and c) our current system consumes too much energy at the expense of the biosphere (<--- this was explained in detail in my article). Few points I'd like to comment on from the above thoughts from C4SS: I understand your point, but it's not fair to put McKibben and Hannity in the same category. Yes, I agree with this. The power of collectives of individuals via the Internet will be the fundamental cause for changing the system - not any political institutions. Great philosophy/perspective. I 100% believe in our ability to change the current energy economy. Our first major global challenge will lead to the creation of our first real global civilization.put down the book Bill McKibben or Sean Hannity
to work around hierarchy and build a new society free of institutional supremacy.
Climate change presents a great challenge to civilization. Where there is labor to be done, we will do it. Expect us.
From the author, Grant Mincy: "As the author I can only speak for myself, but I believe the IPCC report will represent the current consensus of the science. More importantly, as a geologist who has worked with people in the climate field, I trust the legitimacy and sincerity of the concerns. That being said, the methods will now be scrutinized and revised to ensure that the science only gets better. As always I trust the dawning stigmergic market more than any state/corporate institution any ole day of the week. Only in the true market form will we solve our environmental (and any other) problem."