Comments on: James Hansen: Put the CEO’s on trial for their destruction of our climate http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/25/james-hansen-put-the-ceos-on-trial-for-their-destruction-of-the-climate/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/25/james-hansen-put-the-ceos-on-trial-for-their-destruction-of-the-climate/#comment-20130 Erich Vieth Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:33:58 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2779#comment-20130 Grumpy: What we are now doing to the Earth is the ultimate problem of the commons. We tend not to fix these sorts of problems. Rather, we ruin big chunks of the planet, then we move on to exploit other parts. We do this largely by over-populating the planet, I believe. 6.5 billion is a "cheap oil" number of people. On many days I'm pessimistic about humankind's future on planet Earth. There's waaaayyyy too much talk and much too little change occurring. Grumpy: What we are now doing to the Earth is the ultimate problem of the commons. We tend not to fix these sorts of problems. Rather, we ruin big chunks of the planet, then we move on to exploit other parts. We do this largely by over-populating the planet, I believe. 6.5 billion is a “cheap oil” number of people.

On many days I’m pessimistic about humankind’s future on planet Earth. There’s waaaayyyy too much talk and much too little change occurring.

]]> By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/25/james-hansen-put-the-ceos-on-trial-for-their-destruction-of-the-climate/#comment-20122 grumpypilgrim Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:19:47 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2779#comment-20122 What troubles me most about global warming is that we might already be too late to fix it. According to some experts, we might already be past the point where there is a 50% chance of doing irreparable harm to our planet. One big concern is arctic permafrost: when it thaws, it releases tremendous amounts of methane -- a greenhouse gas many times more destructive than carbon dioxide. This could cause a thermal runaway situation, wherein more permafrost thawing leads to more global warming, which leads to even more permafrost thawing, etc. This is not to say we shouldn't change our ways, but that many, many more people need to take this problem much more seriously than they do. What troubles me most about global warming is that we might already be too late to fix it. According to some experts, we might already be past the point where there is a 50% chance of doing irreparable harm to our planet. One big concern is arctic permafrost: when it thaws, it releases tremendous amounts of methane — a greenhouse gas many times more destructive than carbon dioxide. This could cause a thermal runaway situation, wherein more permafrost thawing leads to more global warming, which leads to even more permafrost thawing, etc. This is not to say we shouldn’t change our ways, but that many, many more people need to take this problem much more seriously than they do.

]]> By: Dagny http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/25/james-hansen-put-the-ceos-on-trial-for-their-destruction-of-the-climate/#comment-20114 Dagny Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:05:56 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2779#comment-20114 What a concept. Hold people and corporations responsible for their actions when they harm others? Personal responsibility? Good morals? If we start doing that, according to bush it will ruin our economy :) Dagny www.onnotextiles.com organic apparel What a concept. Hold people and corporations responsible for their actions when they harm others? Personal responsibility? Good morals? If we start doing that, according to bush it will ruin our economy :)

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