Why Environmentalists Must Accept Nuclear

Do you see why I think we're frog soup?

There's this:

NEW YORK, New York, November 5, 2010 (ENS) - Funding of $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing nations deal with climate change is "challenging but feasible" a high-level advisory group convened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

$100 Billion a Year Climate Change Financing 'Feasible'

And then there's this:

Following last night’s election, over 100 freshmen Republicans will take their seats in the 112th Congress. These GOPers come from disparate backgrounds, but they are united by their adherence to the extreme wing of conservative ideology.



A ThinkProgress analysis has found that the incoming GOP freshman class is rife with legislators who not only oppose climate change legislation, but deny that manmade global warming even exists

REPORT: Half the 2010 GOP freshman class are climate science deniers


Do you see why I think we're frog soup?

Out of Balance

Watched Out of Balance on Netflix. I recommend it.
In the documentary Ross Gelbspan accuses Exxon of crimes against humanity. That was back in 2006. I hope this mime gets amplified. I hope some of the perpetrators of the climate denial machinery end up in court and are made accountable for the death and destruction that will result from delays in addressing climate change.


Out of Balance




More along these lines:
US Press Coverage: A Damning Betrayal of Public Trust

Personally, given my own professional background, I don’t really see the captains of big coal and big oil as the primary villains. They’re doing what they’re paid to do – bring us abundant and affordable energy while protecting their industries – albeit with deplorable and dishonest means. To me, the primary villains are our news outlets whose negligence and indifference are bringing us to the brink of catastrophe.

Read the whole thing.

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HT The Cost of Energy via twitter

So what is the future for the climate change story in the mainstream media?


The forecast is grim. Around 4,000 reporters went to Copenhagen, Denmark; only 150 attended follow-up negotiations in Bonn, Germany, and some senior correspondents say they might not go to Cancun, Mexico, in December for the next UN climate change summit. Some believe climate change as a story is finished. New York Times blogger, Andy Revkin, says it is now turning into an energy and business story.

A stormy forecast for climate change reporting

I have met the enemy, and he is us.

Don't look for the government of the great United States of America to effectively address CO2 emissions any time soon.

It is mysterious to me how anybody can claim they can cut taxes and balance the budget and get away with it. Somehow they mesmerize voters into believing the cuts required to actually do that will only hurt the other guy. At any rate, to focus on taxes and the deficit in these times is ignoring the elephant in the room. The government we've just elected  is littered with anti-science climate change deniers who are unlikely to effectively address the greatest problem mankind has ever faced.

It is appropriate to be alarmed when facing extinction.

Meanwhile floods affect millions

There is no Frodo

We have a great common enemy
And we are addicted to it.
It is called Oil
It is called Coal
Our use of and dependency on these fossil fuels has wounded Earth
Like a cancer in its early stages, the symptoms are subtle
But the potential for this disease is so horrific many are in denial

My instincts scream to me to save my family
But I don't know how!

You see it is not so simple as it is in the stories
There is no Frodo to throw a ring into the abyss

It is appropriate to be alarmed when facing extinction.

However, it may be that climate change has lead to major evolutionary advances. We can hope.
If this is the case, if we rise to the challenge, this time could be the greatest achievement ever for mankind.