re: #172 LudwigVanQuixote

Well I wasn’t saying that you have to be a preacher. Writing your congressman would be a positive place to start. though. But really what pisses me off about your injections to AGW conversations is that every time we turn to the most important thing we could discuss - what to do about it - you go off on some end of the world, nihilistic shit.

The science is pretty clear that we are not fucked yet. There are actions we can take. They would even be profitable and beneficial politically and economically in their own rights without AGW.

What is useful and helpful, is getting people aware of these facts and galvanizing them to take small actions for these changes in their private lives and demand larger actions publicly.

What is not useful is your endless Cassandra schtick - especially since the science is that we are not there yet, but marching towards it. If you convince people that nothing can be done, then they will not try, and that will guarantee the end.

So if you are proud of what you do not do, then learn to take pride in not spouting your nihilistic BS. And don’t bait me by quibbling over the meaning of nihilism. You know exactly the context I am using it in.

Ludwig, with respect, Cassandra was right. Her curse was that no one took her seriously.

I have never said that we positively can’t do something in time to ward off the worst. What I have said and will continue to say - with or without your approval - is that I do not believe we will.

It’s merely a matter of honesty. And if you think my pretending to see and think other than I do will weigh enough in the balance to make a difference, may I point out that this is virtually the only place I post on the web outside of Facebook, and that my little voice carries no further than the confines of this blog.