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A Call to End the Conspiracy of Silence on Climate Change

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))8/01/2012 2:41:06 pm PDT

re: #37 Targetpractice

Not sure its that so much as the deniers declaring that any effort to control emissions will have a catastrophically dire effect on our economy, something that truly resonates in current economic times. When one side says “We need to make these changes to ensure a future for our children” and the other says “If we make these children, the government’s gonna yank the money out of your kids mouths and tax you extra for those kids,” which side you think will get more support?

As long as we subscribe to the notion that our prosperity is directly linked to the amount of fossil fuels we consume, that sort of thinking is going to remain prevalent.

I am sometimes reminded of the old Pravda reports on economic progress in which the USSR was proud to report a 5% increase in their electronics output, expressed in tons…