tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post8047887203744797454..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: Sunday Night StuffDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-71977255425594110362011-12-18T21:45:30.531-08:002011-12-18T21:45:30.531-08:00Perhaps (people will be less willing...), but peop...Perhaps (people will be less willing...), but people have a right to be stupid, right? But I think Hulme's point is that people who are distrustful of distant power (like the UN) are going to act out that distrust on the climate issue--that issue is large and wide enough that you can find in it whatever monsters you wish to fight. Personally I'm wary of distant powers telling us how to live too -- I'd prefer power be based as close to me as possible -- much closer even than Wash DC even. Anyway....David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-52333882080956467462011-12-18T21:06:16.498-08:002011-12-18T21:06:16.498-08:00Your town planning sea level example applies to dr...Your town planning sea level example applies to drought planning in the arid southwest. If people think climate change is bunk, will they be less willing to build the resilience they will need anyway, climate change or not?John Fleckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945772782727225745noreply@blogger.com