Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others. . .they send forth a ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Robert F. Kennedy
Climate change: It's even worse than we thought
(repost from Soundoff) More than the great Freudian escape exodus; more than abject reality denial; more than daily maximizing EBITDA for shareholders; more than the Mafia's motto, business is business, family (earth/life) is family (earth/life) - do not mix the two.
What is it?
What is it that makes Humanity obey the "Adapt" command to global warming, monstrous obscene income inequality, poverty, and "stuck in oil" energy science? Especially as the scientific solutions have been available since the 1940s.
What is it?
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Five years ago, the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change painted a gloomy picture of our planet’s future. As climate scientists gather evidence for the next report, due in 2014, Michael Le Page gives seven reasons why things are looking even grimmer

The thick sea ice in the Arctic Ocean was not expected to melt until the end of the century. If current trends continue, summer ice could be gone in a decade or two
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We knew global warming was going to make the weather more extreme. But it's becoming even more extreme than anyone predicted
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Global warming was expected to boost food production. Instead, food prices are soaring as the effects of extreme weather kick in
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Greenland's rapid loss of ice mean we're in for a rise of at least 1 metre by 2100, and possibly much more
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The planet currently absorbs half our CO
2emissions. All the signs are it won't for much longer
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If we stopped emitting CO
2 tomorrow, we might be able to avoid climate disaster. In fact we are still increasing emissions
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If the worst climate predictions are realised, vast swathes of the globe could become too hot for humans to survive
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