There's only one way substantive change is going to be made by our species that will mitigate the climate changes coming down the pike. And many of those changes are baked in at this point. Governmental policy is the ONLY thing that will meaningfully change behaviors to actually face this moment. Individual action is fine, but insufficient. To impose this sort of policy onto the US, we have to have a few more crises. The stubborn members of species: Boobus Americanus, will fight policy change as long as they are fed narratives that become completely antithetical to the realities they are facing. Those in the former Confederacy are the worst among us, but with smaller populations, they have less of an impact than the masses in the urban corridors. This is the hard reality. Our politics must intervene on the side of rational behavior.
yeah, but where our current moment goes from dire to utterly, tragicomic, is that all the left wing anti-vax Conspirituality crowd have been utterly co-opted to now "Resist" any coordinated carbon reduction efforts as tops down interventions. if the ivermectin didn't get us, the 15 minute cities will!
This latter business about resisting carbon reduction efforts I'm seeing all over the place I don't understand. I missed it's genesis and I've been scratching my head. One could put me in that camp - I'm a vaccinated vaccine skeptic who's been part of what once might have called New Age spiritual group for over 15 years - but I really don't get it. I also have 30 ish year old children who work in fields related to climate change mitigation. Where did this notion come from?
“I'm a vaccinated vaccine skeptic who's been part of what once might have called New Age spiritual group for over 15 years - but I really don't get it.” 😂😂😂
I hear you! All these smart people for thousands for years and still we know so little. Keep trying. And hopefully your kids got this!
Ahhh, good ol' Lloyds! My family were Names there, and I was the ring bearer at my uncle's wedding at the stately hall in London in some seriously Little Lord Fauntleroy getup. They've been doing the napkin maths on risk/reward for absolutely ages!
When people get punched in the face, they will react. Africa will migrate north and south, seeking food and shelter from relentless heat. The US will see migration as well, first by the affluent. Then come the new "Okies" northwards. Coastal migration? Not if. When and by how much. P&C insurers will continue to back off. People will get spooked and demand the feds "do something." Events will pile up one on the other. THEN we will see cries for action. And we will get action. Haphazard, governmental action leavened with plenty of politics--naturally. Individual behavior won't change until it does. From a species-wide setback perspective, this is epochal. Many will be fortunate and many more will not. One a human-to-human level we are still collaborative for the most part. But when that's scaled up, it often exaggerates the worst in people when that's just not true--at least in my experience. You're always provocative, Jamie. It's part of your charm. That and the accent, of course. We Americans are suckers for that!!
There's only one way substantive change is going to be made by our species that will mitigate the climate changes coming down the pike. And many of those changes are baked in at this point. Governmental policy is the ONLY thing that will meaningfully change behaviors to actually face this moment. Individual action is fine, but insufficient. To impose this sort of policy onto the US, we have to have a few more crises. The stubborn members of species: Boobus Americanus, will fight policy change as long as they are fed narratives that become completely antithetical to the realities they are facing. Those in the former Confederacy are the worst among us, but with smaller populations, they have less of an impact than the masses in the urban corridors. This is the hard reality. Our politics must intervene on the side of rational behavior.
yeah, but where our current moment goes from dire to utterly, tragicomic, is that all the left wing anti-vax Conspirituality crowd have been utterly co-opted to now "Resist" any coordinated carbon reduction efforts as tops down interventions. if the ivermectin didn't get us, the 15 minute cities will!
This latter business about resisting carbon reduction efforts I'm seeing all over the place I don't understand. I missed it's genesis and I've been scratching my head. One could put me in that camp - I'm a vaccinated vaccine skeptic who's been part of what once might have called New Age spiritual group for over 15 years - but I really don't get it. I also have 30 ish year old children who work in fields related to climate change mitigation. Where did this notion come from?
“I'm a vaccinated vaccine skeptic who's been part of what once might have called New Age spiritual group for over 15 years - but I really don't get it.” 😂😂😂
I hear you! All these smart people for thousands for years and still we know so little. Keep trying. And hopefully your kids got this!
it only took 31 years to build the Thames Barrier and has an end of life forecast circa 2035. I assume a few folks a Lloyds are taking note.
Ahhh, good ol' Lloyds! My family were Names there, and I was the ring bearer at my uncle's wedding at the stately hall in London in some seriously Little Lord Fauntleroy getup. They've been doing the napkin maths on risk/reward for absolutely ages!
When people get punched in the face, they will react. Africa will migrate north and south, seeking food and shelter from relentless heat. The US will see migration as well, first by the affluent. Then come the new "Okies" northwards. Coastal migration? Not if. When and by how much. P&C insurers will continue to back off. People will get spooked and demand the feds "do something." Events will pile up one on the other. THEN we will see cries for action. And we will get action. Haphazard, governmental action leavened with plenty of politics--naturally. Individual behavior won't change until it does. From a species-wide setback perspective, this is epochal. Many will be fortunate and many more will not. One a human-to-human level we are still collaborative for the most part. But when that's scaled up, it often exaggerates the worst in people when that's just not true--at least in my experience. You're always provocative, Jamie. It's part of your charm. That and the accent, of course. We Americans are suckers for that!!
Perhaps fuse some of this into part iii, for the techno-hopefuls
https://youtu.be/AIPULlqA5Wc?si=EfD-OCQCxQssj7Um