You have an amazing knack for injecting humour into serious topics. "I feel a bit like I’m handing a trophy to a 40 year-old who crossed the street without shitting his pants" had me laughing out loud.
I think maybe you could use a bit more skepticism towards your own ‘side’. I keep hoping you will see that the Dems aren’t any better than the R’s in so many ways and actually worse in crucial ways. Take a step back and look a little bit more and maybe you will see what I mean. One party is advocating for sterilizing children, not hyperbole. Once you actually look at what they are doing in regards to pretty much anything and see what the outcomes are, you can’t unsee it. Open your eyes Jeff.
Given that global fertility rates are dropping like a stone, a lot of the climate alarmism is overblown.
And let's face it: Americans will slap a Love Your Mother bumper sticker on the back of the SUV, use a reusable shopping bag or buy a cute aluminum water bottle from Urban Outfitters to save the planet. But that is about it. Democrats love high energy prices in theory, but now that we got them, they are implementing gas tax holidays. Americans don't want European style gas prices. Nor do they want higher utility bills.
Ultimately, climate will depend on what India and China do, and we have zero say in that matter.
Manichean, hyperbolic, zero-sum, catastrophizing has done more to setback climate change than legislative intransigence. Chicken Little voices need to be snuffed in order to respond positively to this Repub offer and make a deal. Nuclear energy is the key. Carbon taxes, renewables, or capture are just as expensive and far less reliable. This need not be hard, but its gonna take gutsy leadership to shepherd it through. Meaning...it won't happen and we'll probably find a different, slower, more circuitous technological salvation after some terrifying but not existential amount of unnecessary damage. Humans human.
"Maybe my perception is skewed by proximity; maybe this is like thinking that everyone’s parents are cooler than yours."
I'm sorry to say that the Republican party still looks batshit insane when seen from six time zones away. Our politicians don't really compare their opponents to Trump because, yes, Trump was so obviously deranged that anyone looks reassuringly sane in comparison.
You made me laugh at the phrase “shoveling puppies into a blast furnace.” At least the mental image that popped into my head was in the style of old school animation.
You have an amazing knack for injecting humour into serious topics. "I feel a bit like I’m handing a trophy to a 40 year-old who crossed the street without shitting his pants" had me laughing out loud.
>party that sews vaccine skepticism
It's "sows"
I think maybe you could use a bit more skepticism towards your own ‘side’. I keep hoping you will see that the Dems aren’t any better than the R’s in so many ways and actually worse in crucial ways. Take a step back and look a little bit more and maybe you will see what I mean. One party is advocating for sterilizing children, not hyperbole. Once you actually look at what they are doing in regards to pretty much anything and see what the outcomes are, you can’t unsee it. Open your eyes Jeff.
Given that global fertility rates are dropping like a stone, a lot of the climate alarmism is overblown.
And let's face it: Americans will slap a Love Your Mother bumper sticker on the back of the SUV, use a reusable shopping bag or buy a cute aluminum water bottle from Urban Outfitters to save the planet. But that is about it. Democrats love high energy prices in theory, but now that we got them, they are implementing gas tax holidays. Americans don't want European style gas prices. Nor do they want higher utility bills.
Ultimately, climate will depend on what India and China do, and we have zero say in that matter.
Manichean, hyperbolic, zero-sum, catastrophizing has done more to setback climate change than legislative intransigence. Chicken Little voices need to be snuffed in order to respond positively to this Repub offer and make a deal. Nuclear energy is the key. Carbon taxes, renewables, or capture are just as expensive and far less reliable. This need not be hard, but its gonna take gutsy leadership to shepherd it through. Meaning...it won't happen and we'll probably find a different, slower, more circuitous technological salvation after some terrifying but not existential amount of unnecessary damage. Humans human.
"Maybe my perception is skewed by proximity; maybe this is like thinking that everyone’s parents are cooler than yours."
I'm sorry to say that the Republican party still looks batshit insane when seen from six time zones away. Our politicians don't really compare their opponents to Trump because, yes, Trump was so obviously deranged that anyone looks reassuringly sane in comparison.
You made me laugh at the phrase “shoveling puppies into a blast furnace.” At least the mental image that popped into my head was in the style of old school animation.
"sews vaccine skepticism"
What, like needlepoint?
I need to watch Midnight Sky now
Great post, thanks!