Arctic ice in ‘death spiral’ means civil resistance is our best hope | Green Left Weekly

NOAA chief Jane Lubchenco said the Arctic melt would have a dire impact on the rest of the planet’s ecosystems. She said on October 21: “To quote one of my NOAA colleagues, ‘whatever is going to happen in the rest of the world happens first, and to the greatest extent, in the Arctic’.
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James Hansen, one of the world’s top climate scientists, has already drawn this conclusion. In his 2009 book Storms of my Grandchildren he said: “The picture has become clear. Our planet, with its remarkable array of life, is in imminent danger of crashing. Yet our politicians are not dashing forward.

“They hesitate; they hang back … But as in other struggles for justice against powerful forces, it may be necessary to take to the streets to draw attention to injustice … Civil resistance may be our best hope.”

New peer reviewed paper says “there appear to have been periods of ice free summers in the central Arctic Ocean” in the early Holocene, about 10-11,000 years ago | Watts Up With That?

We all know how much NSIDC’s Dr. Mark Serreze has been touting the idea of the “Arctic death spiral“, and we’ve had predictions of ice free summers in 2008, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2030, 2040, 2050, 2060, 2070, and 2100 to name a few. Other forecasts don’t give specific dates but say things like within 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, 100 years, decades, and sooner than expected. Such “all over the road forecast certainty” doesn’t really build any confidence that any of these climate soothsayers have any idea when or even if the Arctic will be “ice free” in the summer in the next 100 years.

American Thinker: Deregulation, Not Renewable Energy Mandates, Will Best Protect Both Economy and Environment

Those who say we must not utilize our least expensive fuel sources are putting small and hypothetical risks ahead of better-understood costs and benefits. We know that coal, natural gas, and nuclear power can be used to generate electricity safely and cleanly. If we fail to utilize them, we risk supply interruptions and rising costs, which in turn will reduce economic growth and job creation.