Anybody see it? Astonishing!
In case you didn’t, his premise en précis:
1) Balance of probability is that it is now to late to do anything about climate change and that the climate will shortly ‘flip’ to a new stable condition about 6C warmer than now.
2) Most ‘Green initiatives’ are a complete waste of time.
3) Nuclear power is a viable source of energy for highly urbanized parts of the world.
4) Dealing with nuclear waste is a trivial problem compared with the problems we are facing.
5) Our strategy now should be adapting to the new climate.
6) The earth is/will be only capable of sustainably supporting one to two billion people.
7) The big dieback from the current 6.5 billion people plus will take place this century.
8) Wind power is a joke. ‘Bad engineering’.
9) Biggest problem we have now is population.
10) Gaia will ‘see to’ the population problem ( see 5 and 6).
11) None of this is definite but the balance of probability is that it will happen.
12) Fooling around with ‘reducing carbon footprints’ and other such nonsense will only serve to prolong the agony and will deflect us from concentrating on what is now the main issue ( see 5 ).
He presents a very compelling case and I cant help but think he is very much on the right track.
How will You/I/We cope with what we/pur children will almost certainly have to face?
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Didn't see it and would like to 'cos he's a good 'un.
ReplyDeleteI'm just back from Dance Camp East - and experiment in community building running since 1991. Buzzing from interest in 'transition towns' movement and actually made some moves today to involve myself and Mary in the Woodbridge version.
No longer and effort to 'stave off' the crisis -
much more realistic (and even optimistic) take on vanguard action in preparing local community for the sudden transitions required after peak oil. Concept of social resilience etc etc
Love
Martin