“Nobody realistically expects that the large readily available pools of oil and gas will be left in the ground. Caps will not cause that to happen – caps only slow the rate at which the oil and gas are used. The only solution is to cut off the coal source,” Hansen

So far it looks like what Hansen wrote not to do will be the plan. Say this is how it plays out then what, not much. It’s called down the drain in slow motion. Now many will think we are doing what is needed and of course in just a few years anyway even if we did do what is needed large changes to weather Worldwide. In the Southeast we can already see the changes warmer winters and the crops some so far not good. That weather in the Northwest the next few day’s is what is the word records. California the next few summers should give us a sign that’s Indian talk. George Monbiot just wrote a new article and put it on DV here is the last paragraph.

On this issue Jeroen van der Veer and I agree. Oil companies, he says, should not seek to determine a country’s energy mix: that is for the government to decide. Saving the biosphere, in other words, cannot be left to goodwill and greenwash: the humanity of pleasant men like van der Veer will always be swept aside by the imperative to maximize returns. Good people in these circumstances do terrible things. Companies like Shell will pour big money into alternative energy only when more lucrative or immediate opportunities are blocked. Where is the government that is brave enough to block them?

And I put a comment on where is the government that is brave enough to block them?

There on Mars and some on Venus George. Probably a good idea to return to Earth while there is still time. Can that be done? I don’t know.

This new administration is it brave enough to block them with the help of congress? Probably in a few months we get to see greenwash in it’s glory. One question who is them?