<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Stephan Faris’ book is a grim reality check]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:18:04 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/1 Many more books like this will be written

just as they were written about the population boom and the biodiversity crises. Eventually people will grow weary of them and publishers will pass. Books that describe the carnage but don't offer much in the way of solutions are a start but will only get us so far.

By repeatedly pointing out inconvenient truths people will not suddenly decide to stop building  McMansions, or decks, or taking trips to far away lands. Other ideas are needed.

I would like to see more books about potential solutions, fewer books describing the problem. Note that evolution is still taught in all public schools even though most Americans don't buy it. Getting everyone to agree is not necessary or possible.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Many more books like this will be written

just as they were written about the population boom and the biodiversity crises. Eventually people will grow weary of them and publishers will pass. Books that describe the carnage but don't offer much in the way of solutions are a start but will only get us so far.

By repeatedly pointing out inconvenient truths people will not suddenly decide to stop building  McMansions, or decks, or taking trips to far away lands. Other ideas are needed.

I would like to see more books about potential solutions, fewer books describing the problem. Note that evolution is still taught in all public schools even though most Americans don't buy it. Getting everyone to agree is not necessary or possible.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #2 by Green Granny http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:26:09 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/2 Yes biod.

We need more books about solutions.  

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Ghandi

]]> Yes biod.

We need more books about solutions.  

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Ghandi

]]> Comment #3 by Backcut http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:09:00 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/3 Politically Unpalatable

"Restoration Forestry" is a solution waiting in the wings but, due to partisan politics (on both sides) this wholistic/scientific remedy for our sick and dying forest ecosystems has been swept aside in favor of partisan politics during the last 14 years. Will we add 4 more years of forest disaster to that total? Will we "follow the science" or will we continue the current policy of "Let Die, Let Rot, Let Burn"?

Energy and climate issues also suffer from being "politically unpalatable". It's always the environment that suffers when a political choice is made.

Scenic pics at http://Lhfotoware.blogspot.com

]]> Politically Unpalatable

"Restoration Forestry" is a solution waiting in the wings but, due to partisan politics (on both sides) this wholistic/scientific remedy for our sick and dying forest ecosystems has been swept aside in favor of partisan politics during the last 14 years. Will we add 4 more years of forest disaster to that total? Will we "follow the science" or will we continue the current policy of "Let Die, Let Rot, Let Burn"?

Energy and climate issues also suffer from being "politically unpalatable". It's always the environment that suffers when a political choice is made.

Scenic pics at http://Lhfotoware.blogspot.com

]]> Comment #4 by hfn http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:29:56 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/4 yes, in the future...

we will all live on houseboats and drink cheap wine.

]]> yes, in the future...

we will all live on houseboats and drink cheap wine.

]]> Comment #5 by Pangolin http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:05:26 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/5 To do: grow gills, buy catamaran

There are whole libraries of books about solutions to the energy issue. I've been collecting them since the early '80s. None of this is rocket science except for the bit about using Google:Earth to spot energy hog buildings.

The people who pretend that we have to research some super-solution are simply stalling for time while their investments mature. Concentrated energy sources are easier to skim profits from than alternative energy.

Since the human race seems to be unable to un-stupid itself as a group it does seem that screening Waterworld and looking for survival tips might actually end up being a sane option.

Put the Carbon Back

]]> To do: grow gills, buy catamaran

There are whole libraries of books about solutions to the energy issue. I've been collecting them since the early '80s. None of this is rocket science except for the bit about using Google:Earth to spot energy hog buildings.

The people who pretend that we have to research some super-solution are simply stalling for time while their investments mature. Concentrated energy sources are easier to skim profits from than alternative energy.

Since the human race seems to be unable to un-stupid itself as a group it does seem that screening Waterworld and looking for survival tips might actually end up being a sane option.

Put the Carbon Back

]]> Comment #6 by prohb http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:07:36 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Forecast-doomed/6 prohb

We must keep trying to decrease our carbon footprint and at the same time get ready for a warmer world with more wild swings in temperature. That's the way it is.  It's now the "norm".  Let's deal with it.

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We must keep trying to decrease our carbon footprint and at the same time get ready for a warmer world with more wild swings in temperature. That's the way it is.  It's now the "norm".  Let's deal with it.

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