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  Ken, maybe you're the one going nuts?

  
  All due respect, but dude, there seems to be a lot of projection in your post.

  Who is the "we" that is in crisis and denial? I've been part of the environmental movement for over 20 years. The people I work with have never been more panicked about climate, never clearer about the inadequacy of our policy responses, and never more hopeful about the possibility of finally setting off in a better direction. We are trying to end the use of dirty fuels in 10 years. Not bold enough? Help us be bolder, and help us win.

  Are some groups still fiddling with pathetically inadequate technofixes? Sure. That's not going to stop just because you wring your hands. Please talk them out of it.

  The timing and tone of the "Nuts" post is off. The most powerful and popular person on the planet has just banished the most damaging paradigm for the last 30 years, environment vs economy. Two days ago thousands of students marched on a coal plant trying to get arrested.

  Our movement has always had a strong dose of Gramscian pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the spirit. Is that nuts? Of course it is, but it's also the best attitude available.On Lessons from cognitive dissonance theory for U.S. environmentalists posted 8 months, 4 weeks ago 30 Responses