Mikie

Being content is also a goal. Sounds like you’re objecting to a state of affairs yourself— namely, that people are constantly striving and are never c...

I've always liked Ellis. Beyond the "ABC" I'm not aware of many other connections, at least consciously. It's been a long time since I've looked into ...

Those who advocate for fascism and corporatocracy not wanting to vote is a great thing. Hopefully it starts a trend.

For someone like the OP author who openly wants fascism and corporatocracy, and defends the likes of Donald Trump to the bitter end -- all why pretend...

By all means, don't vote. One less vote for fascism.

https://apple.news/Agflj-RlpQOyvlqh5rcvVyQ More sickening news.

Removal of barriers to reach an end is not completely separate, but not the same either. In the post I linked to, I touched on some of them. But what ...

Because I was asked. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/720896

I’ve heard a YouTube lecture from Mayer on this but never read the book.

So the point is that nearly everywhere has heard the words. Fine. Completely irrelevant to anything I was talking about. But then again, that really w...

And the answer for many is “nothing, because it’s a hoax.” But somehow this counts as “knowing” about it? Then yes, everyone in the world has most lik...

Because the problem seems overwhelming, for one. But mostly because those in power seem immovable and remote— that this is just the way if things. It’...

Because I’m not talking about history, I’m talking about solutions to climate change — which was what was asked for. Read it through again if you like...

Where climate denial is rampant, as you know. Sure — I’ll respond later though.

Not tweaking— building new ones. Building new transmission lines as well. A major undertaking, but doable. (I’m talking here about electricity, by the...

We need new transmission lines and power plants, yes. The grid needs updating to handle larger electric loads. What’s the point?

That’s really not true. Of those who do, I think the problem is powerlessness and hopelessness.

Which is irrelevant. There’s every reason to believe it in fact.

No, I took issue with the emphasis. It's not that you're wrong in what you point out, it's that it can be a preventative to much-needed action -- it e...

Mostly true, but irrelevant to what I was talking about -- as quoted above. The solutions I mentioned mostly apply where people/governments want to de...

Yes, at current levels. The current problem is scale. As the population grows and more energy — specifically, electricity and the materials needed to ...

Greed.

A little good news: https://www.eenews.net/articles/patrick-michaels-influential-climate-denier-dies-at-72/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm...

A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy By Jane McAlevey So far it’s fantastic.

Yes. Here's another doozy: Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Delay as the New Denial: The Latest Republican Tactic to Block Climate Action You'd think it was something out of the Onion after reading Graham's sta...

I completely reject that view of human beings. It's silly and simplistic, and for some reason chooses to elevate our vices and paint all of "human nat...

Beg your pardon, but it reeks of defeatism. I realize you feel it's 'realism,' but the truth is that things can turn around very quickly indeed, and e...

There are plenty of solutions, and people working very hard at those solutions -- and making progress. All while being told that there "are not soluti...

Another tactic that gets deliberately perpetuated is the sense of hopelessness and helplessness. "I can't do anything; It's too big; nothing will chan...

I wouldn’t lose faith. I’d be on the right side of history and do all we can to fight it. Hitler eventually got his ass kicked— and was persuasive, ye...

Everything you mention is true, and also designed/engineered. By whom? By a class of people -- the wealthy, the plutocracy -- who buy or appropriate a...

:100:

What a shocker!

Yet another good summary from the New York Times’ Krugman: And from the UN: “Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief“

Yes it does. It’s not just cell phones. If we delete the supply of metals, we’re in serious trouble. Especially when do much green technology rests on...

That’s exactly the one I was talking about here. Terrifying.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/briefing/extreme-heat-climate-fight-us-government.html This is what I’ve been saying for several months now: local ...

The claim is that renewables are bringing down the grid because they’re failing and putting pressure on the rest, which also fail. They blamed the fre...

I know you’re not implying one thing, but emphasis is important. So yes, I’d be a fool not to notice interest rates has a very real effect on the hous...

This is the kind of nonsense narrative being spewed to millions of Americans: From the WSJ. Unprecedented heatwaves and wildfires: not unusual. Defini...

Yes, he was warned.

It wasn’t just low interest rates. It was also low inventory. Ask any realtor. New construction hasn’t kept up for years, and people who did own a hom...

They are— yes. Why? Because it ultimately leads to increased stock prices, and the top 10% own more than 80% of the stocks. So that will increase thei...

Yes. Corporations borrow money— cheap money— and this increase their debt. Record levels of corporate debt. Where does this money go? The same questio...

Indeed. Instead of thing, I suggest using “being.” Then there’s a question about beings (things, individuated entities) and being (thing-ness). When w...

Banned @"Jackson" for low quality posts and continually showing no interest in discussion.

It’s not lost by a long shot.

That’s pretty cool. So you see all of this as inevitable? Better to just get away from it? I hope you’re wrong, if that’s the case. Pomerantz has the ...