tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post5864180765005034937..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: How Much Oil is in the Arctic?David Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-80610519996243109002015-05-17T14:26:06.203-07:002015-05-17T14:26:06.203-07:00Vote Johnson.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_%28advertisement%29" rel="nofollow">Vote Johnson</a>.<br />crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-27726834094444557452015-05-14T01:51:11.496-07:002015-05-14T01:51:11.496-07:00US leaders, and the world leaders we have converte...US leaders, and the world leaders we have converted to the global religion of all-consumptive capitalism, can hardly be expected to "seriously address climate change" since they are the official protectors and promulgators of the doctrine and practice of that religion.<br /><br />Alan Watts describes the ego as the construct of mind that deludes us into thinking we are separate from the environment around us, as opposed to being its result of and completely dependent upon it for survival. Capitalism, if not the inevitable expression of human ego, is at least, its effective operative in the physical world.<br /><br />We can no more realize our capitalist obsession with "conquering nature" than we can bite our own teeth, as Watts might put it.<br /><br />"What happens"? Our species, in its quest for conquest of nature, instead, so alters the system as to make its own further existence impossible ... long before realizing its potential existential tenure as the "highest" life form.<br />------<br /><br />A note on perspective. The US proven crude oil reserves are 36 billion barrels (bbl) according to the EIA (tinyurl.com/nnvon3r) while the CIA World Fact Book (tinyurl.com/mvbuxqm) says 30.5 bbl. The US has an estimated 198 bbl of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil. <br />(tinyurl.com/2b8l4vt)<br /><br />So the possibility of 90 bbl in the Arctic has to excite all the high clergy and acolytes of the "more-consumption-all-the-time" dominant sect. <br />-----<br />Re new technological developments saving us: please consult Dilworth "Too Smart for Our Own Good" that suggests it is precisely the process of new technology development that has required, and made possible, ever expanding consumption and thus produced the massive problems we now face.<br /><br />John Puma<br /><br /><br /><br />Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12479974040070719985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-55431498739267014602015-05-13T22:58:24.869-07:002015-05-13T22:58:24.869-07:00it is political reality.
He has already done more ...it is political reality.<br />He has already done more than any other politician in the Us , and more in fact than I expected. It was his actions, that allowed the agreement with china. <br />but it will take a major shift in US and public opinion to really turn things around. I am guessing in 5-10 years there will be a massive shift away from fossil fuels. <br />It will clearly be too late by then to prevent some serious consequences, but if we are lucky, there will be technological developments that will make the transition faster than could be done now. once it is clearly understood that the consequences of high C02 levels are destructive, I can imagine a huge and very sat social shift toward renewablestonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.com