While hard news to read, you capture the state of the world we painful clarity. I am unsure if it's because I am now tuned to only reading climate collapse aware writers, or if the world has genuinely accepted climate chaos is happening, even though it hasn't embraced doing anything about that reality, but at least while reading I don't feel so alone.
While I was writing FIRE, I felt like these messages were being spoken into the wind. Everyone was still generalising climate breakdown into the future, while I was feeling it in the present. Not any more. We are standing on the cliff edge, hearts racing and about to fall.
Thank you for the article. For those of us who read these posts and are not experts, the systemic understanding is overwhelming. I take away "awareness" and opt to make individual changes in lifestyle and look at ways to fight the climate challenge of global warming. Unfortunately, when I hear the conflict of experts on threads and discing of people over age 70, I become concerned that we lose collectively.
The decision makers are all over 70 and feel they are entitled to whatever they desire at the expense of others. They have no concept of reality other than their own which they will maintain at any cost. Complete and total lack of empathy. Sociopathic behavior which results in "They don't care."
They don't care.
That age group realizes that they will all be dead by the time the major impacts of climate change occur so it doesn't matter to them.
Let billions die.
Probably the best solution available at this point in time. The billionaires can retire to their bunkers and wait out the chaos above. There will probably be enough arable land left to feed half a billion people or so. They don't care a whit.
The ugly truth is that at this point in climate change little to nothing can be done to stop it without major impacts on society. What would the reaction be of the population to just closing down McDonald's, KFC and the rest of fast food establishments? Outrage. Riots. "They took away my super size triple quarter pounder with cheese!!!!." Sacrifice? NEVER! IT'S THE AMERICAN WAY! LET OTHERS SACRIFICE!
One of the most ridiculous books I've ever read was "Fixing Climate" by Broker and Kunzig who proposed giant fans to suck the planets atmosphere through device that would remove the CO2. Billy Boy Gates has apparently built one for hisself which gives him permission to continue his piggish lifestyle. Aerosol injection has been proposed by Harvard recently. Probably what chemtrails are all about if they are actually occuring. Nothing is too crazy at this point.
They get it. They don't care. Let billions die.
Is their solution.
Have you met anyone who you have convinced to make a sacrifice in their lifestyle? I haven't other than myself.
Thank you for this Geoffrey. This is very thorough and informative. I will share and encourage others to do the same.
While hard news to read, you capture the state of the world we painful clarity. I am unsure if it's because I am now tuned to only reading climate collapse aware writers, or if the world has genuinely accepted climate chaos is happening, even though it hasn't embraced doing anything about that reality, but at least while reading I don't feel so alone.
While I was writing FIRE, I felt like these messages were being spoken into the wind. Everyone was still generalising climate breakdown into the future, while I was feeling it in the present. Not any more. We are standing on the cliff edge, hearts racing and about to fall.
Thank you for the article. For those of us who read these posts and are not experts, the systemic understanding is overwhelming. I take away "awareness" and opt to make individual changes in lifestyle and look at ways to fight the climate challenge of global warming. Unfortunately, when I hear the conflict of experts on threads and discing of people over age 70, I become concerned that we lose collectively.
Geoffrey, my dear,
Geoengineering is MY writing turf: No trespassing!
The environment of this planet is MY responsibility, I have delegated none of that to you or anyone else.
However long your research takes is irrelevant if the results are bogus.
If you had actually done research and/or read my latest post: https://kathleenmccroskey.substack.com/p/happy-81st-prof-gwynne-dyer
you would see that all “we” have to do is reinstate the 3.5% sulfur content in marine fuels and poof - your mysterious temperature anomaly is gone.
And, a recent study shows a previously unnoticed property of water that makes all “we” have known about water and cloud dynamics obsolete:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2320844121
Guangxin Lv et al, Photomolecular effect: Visible light interaction with air–water interface, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024).
I would recommend deleting your post and replacing with a link to mine.
They get it. They don't care. Let billions die.
They get it.
The decision makers are all over 70 and feel they are entitled to whatever they desire at the expense of others. They have no concept of reality other than their own which they will maintain at any cost. Complete and total lack of empathy. Sociopathic behavior which results in "They don't care."
They don't care.
That age group realizes that they will all be dead by the time the major impacts of climate change occur so it doesn't matter to them.
Let billions die.
Probably the best solution available at this point in time. The billionaires can retire to their bunkers and wait out the chaos above. There will probably be enough arable land left to feed half a billion people or so. They don't care a whit.
The ugly truth is that at this point in climate change little to nothing can be done to stop it without major impacts on society. What would the reaction be of the population to just closing down McDonald's, KFC and the rest of fast food establishments? Outrage. Riots. "They took away my super size triple quarter pounder with cheese!!!!." Sacrifice? NEVER! IT'S THE AMERICAN WAY! LET OTHERS SACRIFICE!
One of the most ridiculous books I've ever read was "Fixing Climate" by Broker and Kunzig who proposed giant fans to suck the planets atmosphere through device that would remove the CO2. Billy Boy Gates has apparently built one for hisself which gives him permission to continue his piggish lifestyle. Aerosol injection has been proposed by Harvard recently. Probably what chemtrails are all about if they are actually occuring. Nothing is too crazy at this point.
They get it. They don't care. Let billions die.
Is their solution.
Have you met anyone who you have convinced to make a sacrifice in their lifestyle? I haven't other than myself.