May 26, 2009
AN IMPLACABLE FORCE
From Bill McKibben’s concise, thoughtful and utterly depressing summary of the current state of climate change politics (subscription needed):
… presumes that the negotiations are being conducted between human beings – between industry and environmentalists, between Chinese and Indians and Americans and Germans. That is true to an extent – indeed, these are the most delicate negotiations the world has ever engaged in. But the real negotation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and physics, unfortunately, don’t bargain.
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Great point. As my man Jonathan Porritt likes to point out, we treat sustainability like a lifestyle choice, when the reality is that the opposite of sustainability is extinction.
I know. For some reason, that article felt like a sharp poke. I’m normally able to pretend it’s not happening.
Of course, I went off and had a long shower immediately afterwards, having just got back from a five-hour drive. But it’s the thought that counts.