So is the only thing we can do is worship at the temple of doom? Why is cap and trade a monstrous absurdity and why is it the best they can do? We could write a million words on why the reason is easy to understand it’s no great mystery. Am I going to worship at the temple of doom? No I am sure not and I will keep trying. To not try means I am no better than these people who tell me to worship at the temple of doom a place I am not going thank you. First we have the climate bill in the Senate a joke on the human race a monstrous absurdity then Denmark more illusion and we will be told see we are trying? To try is a tad bit harder than we are told now isn’t it. People of Earth we are in deep do do could be helpful.

The sheer scale at which we are heading for serious disaster is extreme; the misuse, the outright robbing of water from irreplaceable, nearly exhausted rivers and aquifers threatens our entire planet; to give a popular example for this website, Israel diverts the Jordan river to it’s massive rows of hundreds-thousands of greenhouses, stealing water from Palestine and other nearbye nations not to feed itself, but to export fruits and vegetables to Europe for profit. Our planet could turn out looking like Venus; and if you look at pictures of the alberta tar sands and virginia’s exploded mountains, you’ll see that it has already begun. The fish have been killed to exhaustion in the oceans, the corals are dying out; the forests are shrinking and shrinking, the human population is growing bigger, wiping out other essential species; mowing down the rainforests for palm-oil monocultures and places for cows to gorge themselves.

Yes, Don, the northwest passage will open and then the methanic permafrost will begin to melt and it will be the end of ships, the end of travel, the likely end of humanity.

2007 was record ice melt and look where we are all going. The Northwest passage will be again open and just think in a few years we can go up there to get the oil, gas and gold. What would Wall Street want to do? Go get the oil and gas and gold. Profit. Yikes

Getting out of denial and working towards sustainable, pared down life requires a willingness to assume personal responsibility, and the real labor that follows. That has been a very difficult hurdle to overcome in my community. There is a mantra of helplessness to overcome, as well as a mantra of entitlement to others fruits of labor.

We have to stop making excuses for people who avoid productive endeavors, whether they are at the “top” of the chain, or the “bottom”. Enabling takers is only making the mantras more entrenched. There is no broad swath, only case by case basis. There is plenty of non-paid work to be done, and only some of us do it while others are idle. We have created some real parasites in ALL CLASSES.

I believe this should be a part of the long-term thinking.

Peace, Resistance, Hope,
Melissa

There is a fourth consideration. How do you suggest that we motivate a sufficient number of people on this planet to embrace long-term thinking? (Even by using the Pareto 80-20 rule, this would involve over 140 million people!)

And, as a fifth consideration, how do you suggest that we train a sufficient number of people to guide us toward long-term sustainability?

And, a sixth. Is there enough time?

For every thing that you choose to do on a planet-wide (or even a community-wide) scale, the number of variables and their attendant impacts is enormous. This vast complexity is why people embrace short-term thinking or simply let someone else make their decisions for them.

Only by returning to a more simple lifestyle will we survive as a species. But, of course, doing this, too, involves an imponderable number of variables as well. No need to worry, though. Mother Nature will make this decision for us.

And the new thing is and they will get better at it is not la la la but keep taking COPE and listen to your leaders and take more COPE. The climate change bill called cap and trade is called la la la and so far not even illusion of knowledge. It will not pass and we are told because it will hurt the little people the average Joe and Jane. Forget la la la they know we can’t do a damn thing about what the deciders decide. Cap and trade will not work but it’s the best they can do kind of a lack of will wouldn’t you say. Has the decision been made to not try? They the deciders know how serious the problem is yes they know and they also know what it will take to try and slow the problem. So why is it that they tell us don’t worry we are in control of an out of control system and just take more COPE. Because they are wimp’s and not only lack will but gut’s but they do dress nice and they know we can’t do a damn thing about what they decide. Granted a large rock could hit the Earth at 60,000 mph and there is not a damn thing we could do about it as the people looking for those rock’s only number about 15 people Worldwide and no systems in place to stop one because it doesn’t make something called profit. I guess we need more bombs and missiles for war as all the nuclear weapons we have enough to destroy every human on the Earth three times over is still not enough and let’s not forget profit. Yes we need more cars but not new energy sources or people keeping an eye on those rock’s just make more hamburgers and super size those fries we are talking profit. It appears these so called leaders elites in charge of what we are suppose to think and how we are to act don’t even bother to bullshit us anymore and remember take your COPE. Now we get our COPE from the health clinic and on the street and the so called leaders, elite’s get there COPE from us the little people and that private doctor who works for profit. I think the COPE they get from us the little people is very powerful and very addictive and they will do anything to keep a supply on hand and don’t even bullshit us anymore on what they are doing. What do you think for a long time we have been collectively sticking our fingers in our ears and singing, la, la, la… Two million to start Capital one voice calm at peace still time or maybe it’s just better to listen to the wimp’s who lack will and gut’s and take our COPE.

steps are taken to ensure that they become dummies [note: not are but became].
then, everything is great in america, including america. And you are sick, unhappy, poor, etc., are you?
to bad! You are lazy, unmotivated; you want s’mthing for nothing.
well, that’s not how america achieved greatness.
so, stop complaining or move to s’mwhere else. tnx