[statecom-discuss] CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE caused by HUMANS - - - ( that's us - you and me )

[Lawrence Fine]

These are the issues I believe are the most important to us as it is  
our life support system that is at risk.

Someone at the CODE GREEN meeting at Jills said something like:

" Do I want to be remembered as - - - I was born, I consumed, I died ? "

Well, we must consume food and water to live. We are compelled to  
live comfortably and to be transported in order to maintain our  
social, work, political, recreational etc. lives.

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>>> Nancy Lee Wood wrote + LF - edited:
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>>>    It seems to me our precious time, energy and talents would be far
>>>    better spent focused on regional, state and local
>>>    issues/campaigns/relocalization efforts in food security/ 
>>> agriculture,
>>>    public rail transportation, home heating and housing security,
>>>    rethinking education for post-carbonism and "green jobs" etc.,  
>>> etc. -
>>>    especially given that we have entered the period of permanent  
>>> and rapid
>>>    declines in oil (and all fossil fuels)

there is ample coal to consume, however - - - well - - - think about  
it . . .

>>> - the real unraveling of our
>>>    current social system.  We, as a party in MA and New England,  
>>> should
>>>    be at the forefront of providing analyses, alternatives and  
>>> solutions
>>>    to the royal mess that is soon to escalate as prices of oil  
>>> continue to
>>>    climb making food, heating, transportation, health care  
>>> access, etc.
>>>    more expensive, less secure and/or inaccessible to all but the  
>>> very
>>>    rich.
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>> agree - add conservation - - -  and in the area of green jobs,  
>> learning and practicing the art and science of retrofitting
>> as much of our "appropriate" building stock to "high performance"  
>> standards.
>>
>> How much fossil carbon (in the form of co2) is flowing up your, or  
>> the power companies flue, to maintain your home and workplaces  
>> comfort level ? How can this be reduced by - - - 10 - - - 20 - - -  
>> 50 - - - 100%? ( I'll talk with you about this )
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>>>
>>>    our real potential influence lies within the region, state and  
>>> local
>>>    communities.  Where is the MA GRP at the time when all hell is  
>>> about
>>>    to break loose?     MIA!       What a real shame!
>>>    SUGGESTION:
>>>
>>> People are far more concerned about the   "shit-storm" (James  
>>> Howard Kunstler's term) descending upon them as
>>> humankind finds itself propelled into permanent escalating energy  
>>> costs   - and all that this entails - and with no leadership
>>> to be found  anywhere.
>>> Can we please get down to the other work the co-chairs and   
>>> committees are trying to do that this nonsense is distracting us  
>>> from?
>>> This is the work that will truly bring people in to the party,  
>>> and start to deal with the growing crises at the local/state/ 
>>> regional  level.



Do you say "I didn't see it coming ( or I did and there's nothing I  
can do about it ) - - - it's not my concern - - - there are other  
issues that are more important - - - gotta live - - - what other  
choice is there? - - - I had no Idea of the consequences of our  
fossil carbon consumption, our high on the hog lifestyles - - -

WE CITIZENS OF THE U.S. CONSUME 1/4 OF THE WORLDS FOSSIL FUELS? - - -  
We accept and depend on the unsustainable fossil fuels industry and  
the military industrial complex to live in our current style, to feed  
us and keep us "comfortable" and "SAFE".

please engage and share your opinions of what the answers to these  
questions may be:

What would the consequences be if, tomorrow, oil and coal were to  
become unavailable?

What would living on Earth be like?

What are the sustainable alternates to our current, unsustainable  
fossil and nuclear systems that would work?

What am I going to do, or NOT do?

If I were President, what difference would I make in the next 4 - - -  
8 years?

and any other questions and answers/opinions you may think of - - -
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> peace and love - - - - - - - - - l
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