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Cut backs not enough

Page history last edited by PBworks 17 years, 2 months ago

Jim,

 

A couple of first points... a) I agree with you in principle b) we

do indeed need to conserve and all of your points are valid.

 

Having said that, I have a problem with "conservation" as a root

premise, not because it's not valid - it absolutely is. My problem is

that the word we gravitated to implies the wrong behavior. It gives

people the impression that if we "cut back" that everything will be Ok

- and that's just not the case. We need to not only completely stop

in some cases but we need to aggressively remove what we've already

dumped into the biosphere, because what's already there is damaging

the biosphere. There's a report out today that China is being

severely impacted by pollution. Tens of thousands of square miles of

coast line is being damaged and they are at least connecting that

damage to growth of their civilization and that at least is a start.

 

Cutting back is good but everyone needs to recognize that anything

above zero incrementally adds to the problem we have and it doesn't

matter if that number is better than the previous year. I'll go so

far to say that if it's not a negative number it's not a good number.

Until carbon dioxide in our biosphere is below pre-industrial

revolution numbers we're in trouble and that's only one example. A

big one, but still only one.

 

No one should forget that there are companies like ExxonMobil, who in

that specific case has spent over $15 million, are actively confusing

the science data on climate change for the express purpose of

preventing any kind of unified action against their position.

 

I have a News Flash for Entrenched Pundits. H2Orbit will identify who

you are and we will post your position and behavior for everyone to

see and judge for themselves. One thing we have in our (our

collective) tool bags that people 30 years ago did not have is the

Internet. Lots of folks reading this have websites and we obviously

have H2Orbit. I encourage folks to use google's advanced search

capability on any given topic and make sure that you hone in - in a

manner that presents everything on the internet covering your topic or

point - then past that google search link back to your web site -

instead of the specific link you were looking for. From a global

knowledge management point of view this method will allow your readers

to see "Everything on the Internet" on your topic or point. This is

what we try to do on H2Orbit. Those entrenched pundits can't run from

this. a) it's global and spans national boundaries, b) there are too

many of us that care, c) it forces them to spend much more on

advertising, PR firms, consultants (and we should scrutinize those

sections of their annual reports to see if we are having the desire

result) and lastly d) it gives us an opportunity to point out to them

that they could be using that money to preserve their future position

with green technologies in advance of the technological and economic

shift that is going to happen with or without their help. If they

start now, along with the rest of us - they (financially) will be

better off. Either way - I don't care - we must succeed - or nothing

else will matter.

 

Summary point: Conserving is necessary but insufficient. We must do

more and aggressively take action.

 

See H2Orbit for more information.

 

Thanks

 

Chuck McGowen

 

--- In ClimateConcern@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Gagnepain"

wrote:

>

> [Note: Like it or not, ours is a hero-worshipping society.

Therfore, the more prominant public figures of ANY kind that speak out

in favor of common-sense conservation values and practices, the more

the general populace will sit up and pay attention.]

>

> [Baseball's Phillie All-Star had this to say:

> http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_marcher.asp?668915

>

> "...It's real, it's a danger and it threatens the well-being of all of

> us. I love America but I don't love how wasteful we are. With five

> percent of the world's population, we consume twenty-five percent of

> the planet's energy. We need to address global warming in a serious and

> meaningful way. All of us, not just those of us marching, need to take

> steps NOW to conserve. We need to think outside the corporate box on

> this - to solar, wind power, hybrids. We need a major shift in our

> mindset on what makes up the American dream. It's not two SUV's in

> every garage, it's creating a good and sustainable life for all of us

> for generations to come..."

> ---

> Jim Gagnepain

> http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/

>

 

 

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