Climate Change and the Next US Revolution

[MindMover]

The U.S. heat wave is slowly shaking the foundations of American politics. It may take years for the deep rumble to evolve into an above ground, institution-shattering earthquake, but U.S. society has changed for good.

The heat wave has helped convince tens of millions of Americans that climate change is real, overpowering the fake science and right-wing media - funded by corporate cash - to convince Americans otherwise.

Republicans and Democrats alike also erect roadblocks to understanding climate change. By the politicians' complete lack of action towards addressing the issue, the "climate change is fake" movement was strengthened, since Americans presumed that any sane government would be actively trying to address an issue that had the potential to destroy civilization.

But working people have finally made up their mind. A recent poll showed that 70 percent of Americans now believe that climate change is real, up from 52 percent in 2010. And a growing number of people are recognizing that the warming of the planet is caused by human activity.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10585-climate-change-and-the-next-us-revolution

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, MindMover.

[doohnibor]

2. But will that affect their vote?

Will that 18% who have come to a new understanding also understand that conservative science denial in general is a dead-end street?

[Hydra]

3. There's a bigger question at stake

When are they going to stop voting and do something? The current crop of Dems are chasing corporate money, emulating the basic issue that's going to kill all of us if we don't do something different: short sighted greed.

Climate change and extinction events are the products of a failed way of thinking. Why aren't we planting trees, developing clean(and safe) energy and cleaning up the environment? "It costs too much" is the excuse I hear most often.

What's the cost going to be when all we have left are wastelands?

[Brigid]

4. Around here . . .

The grass has long since turned to straw and ornamental plantings are destroyed because outdoor watering has been banned for about two months now. Car washing too. Trees are wilting and dropping leaves already. Local reservoirs are down by six feet or more. Rain? What's that? We've had only a few brief showers since late May. Corn fields are ruined. Word is the Mississippi is way down. At some point denial just doesn't work anymore.

[Dustlawyer]

5. Ever notice that Rush, Palin, and Co., never say anything on this subject until we get a winter snow