nightmare in america

[i-should- be-working]

I can no longer fathom the mediocrity of our country's leadership, it's failure to address the climate catastrophe now clear with any program sufficient to the problems at hand. Human extinction is now a certainty within the medium term, and there seems nothing we can do about, or will do about it. The Paris meeting clearly will be as much a failure as its preparatory meetings have been.

I get nauseous even looking at demo underground's posts, most all about subjects completely trivial as nature's bomb is set to explode in a cloud of poisonous methane -- the earth will literally fart in the face of humanity. It's shocking to me DU doesn't have a climate change forum, it's the "environment" how antisceptic.

I blame practically everyone for their WILLFUL STUPIDITY. I am daily depressed that we are not screaming from rooftops that we are self destructing quite rapidly. Instead, let's talk about the new star wars episode, shall we, who's going to die?

I see elsewhere in this forum not to advocate for complete cessation of all industrial activity. Not to stabilize our emissions. Not to forgo all the complete horseshit we have today for "advanced" societies which give us star wars movies. That we are to create and distribute and consume these movies in a "green conscious" manner. Really? You think that will save us?

Oh yes, we're an exceptional nation alright, Bushes Clintons Reagans and many others...
We're exceptionally obscene, a pornographic perverted debauched nation.

[jonno99]

1. Eh - mother nature is a tough old gal. She'll be fine!

[daleanime]

2. on the other hand....

can't say the same for us.

[jonno99]

4. Agreed. nt

[Duppers]

3. She may be fine but what about the lifeforms I care about??

Nice of you to prove the OP's point!

My suggestion: Read More.

[jonno99]

6. Sorry - I thought that 'sarcasm' would be inferred...nt

[Duppers]

15. Oops, sorry.

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Just recently had 2 people tell me that in all sincerity.


Edit: spelling

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

7. Learn to care about adaptable single-celled organisms? nt

[i-should- be-working]

5. at the jj dinner hillary said

How about this -- 500,000,000 solar panels in ten years!

What pandering. That's no program. That's not justice.

How about nationalizing the oil industry, banning coal, confiscating all wealth over 100k, banning all cattle production? Jailing all deniers?

[jonno99]

8. wow - I'm out of here...nt.

[i-should- be-working]

9. my point exactly, leave when it threatens your world.

[Duppers]

16. Over 100k? That's my house!

[Duppers]

10. You sound like me on my meltdown last Fri. night.

Was out celebrating our son's passing his oral exam for his PhD dissertation. Saw rare steaks flying this way and that around me-- you know, the over-consumption in wasteful, expensive, uncaring ways.

I had a meltdown then and there. Had to spend 20 mins in the restroom just to compose myself. Ruined the celebration for my son.

He had worked so Damn fucking hard to get this degree. A PhD in theoretical particle physics is not easy to come by.

I was ashamed of myself but still bitter at all the blatant idiocy I saw in that restaurant. Pigs!! Sigh.

I hate ignorant, uncaring people. We all will suffer because of them.

(We have only this 1 child, btw.)

[i-should- be-working]

11. congrats to him, physics is hard

We could use a breakthrough in super conductivity right now!!!

[i-should- be-working]

12. Here's some facts to think about

[GliderGuider]

13. Welcome to DU!

People who get the things you're talking about are pretty rare out there. It's good to have you here.
Non illegitimati carborundum, carpe diem and all that.

[i-should- be-working]

14. natura loquitur novissimo

maybe a good tag line (Nature speaks last)