Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Eco-Humanism? — Climate Resistance: Challenging Climate Orthodoxy
Any notion which doesn’t take the possibility of global catastrophe for granted is excluded from the discussion, and so the discussion about how to organise our lives is premised on the idea that if we don’t recognise environmental imperatives, we will necessarily create Thermageddon. The problem with any such calculation is that its conclusion is its premise. It exists prior to the scientific investigation of our influence on the climate, and it exists prior to the discussion about how human society will in turn be influenced by that change, and how we ought to respond.
Since Americans are Teenagers, They Won’t Understand Greenhouse Gases » The Foundry
As long as we’re acting like teenagers, we might as well be treated like them. According to the Obama administration, we can’t understand what greenhouse gases are, so we’ll use the terms “carbon pollution” or “heat-trapping emissions” instead.
2008: Obama Wins Teen Election
After 150 malls, 42 states and six weeks, the teen population has spoken and they want Barack Obama to become the next President of the United States.
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Obama won the teen vote by 62 percent and McCain took home 33 percent of the votes.
Coral Atolls and Sea Level Rise « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE
Coral atolls have proven over thousands of years that, if left alone, they can go up and down with any sea level rise.

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