“Tangential argument: existential risk maximizing actors, thank goodness, don’t exist, nor do more than a tiny number of people seeking to destroy humanity. Beware the Angry Death Spiral.”
I think I’ll stand by my words and qualify the statement maybe GWB could start WWIII single-handedly and isn’t, so this is only pertaining to the threat global warming. S.Harper couldn’t be misplaying the threat worse. Canada’s governing structure has a provision where the Queen of England is the real head of state, and the Governer General would almost certainly remove our PM from power if he did things like igniting Canada’s coal reserves (a nice trick to have in the arsenal though, if the world is heading towards an Ice Age, as Ice Ages typically onset in decades or less).
We are very early in on Global Warming. If GWB and S.Harper were acting as they are now, a decade or two from now, my correct position would be the mainstream.
I didn’t mean actively as in willfully, like Nazi evil. I meant it more like allowing a population to starve (literally in this context), like Soviet evil inflicted on the Ukraine. GWB and S.Harper know full well what they are doing is greedy and they both know enough or are purposely (as opposed to unintentionally) avoiding the knowledge.
Yep, I stand by my statement. When history looks back, if we make it there, GWB and S.Harper will be looked back as being one of the world leaders of their respective nations ever, solely on the demerits of their handling of Global Warming. B.Obama and S.Dion, solely by coming after them with an environmental platform that doesn’t threaten to destroy humanity for short-term profit, will go down in history as at least above average leaders.
Am I part of an angry death spiral? I think my comments are measured. Probably even kind. S.Harper’s first act of government was to cancel 17 Canadian Global Warming research programmes, including a critical ocean one. Do I really need to post what dubya has done on this file? The angry death spiral only happens if Republicans and Conservatives maintain power over the years ahead. America finally cashes in its WWII credit and Canada temporarily loses post-modern status. Not a spiral. Yet.
“Tangential argument: existential risk maximizing actors, thank goodness, don’t exist, nor do more than a tiny number of people seeking to destroy humanity. Beware the Angry Death Spiral.”
I think I’ll stand by my words and qualify the statement maybe GWB could start WWIII single-handedly and isn’t, so this is only pertaining to the threat global warming. S.Harper couldn’t be misplaying the threat worse. Canada’s governing structure has a provision where the Queen of England is the real head of state, and the Governer General would almost certainly remove our PM from power if he did things like igniting Canada’s coal reserves (a nice trick to have in the arsenal though, if the world is heading towards an Ice Age, as Ice Ages typically onset in decades or less). We are very early in on Global Warming. If GWB and S.Harper were acting as they are now, a decade or two from now, my correct position would be the mainstream. I didn’t mean actively as in willfully, like Nazi evil. I meant it more like allowing a population to starve (literally in this context), like Soviet evil inflicted on the Ukraine. GWB and S.Harper know full well what they are doing is greedy and they both know enough or are purposely (as opposed to unintentionally) avoiding the knowledge. Yep, I stand by my statement. When history looks back, if we make it there, GWB and S.Harper will be looked back as being one of the world leaders of their respective nations ever, solely on the demerits of their handling of Global Warming. B.Obama and S.Dion, solely by coming after them with an environmental platform that doesn’t threaten to destroy humanity for short-term profit, will go down in history as at least above average leaders.
Am I part of an angry death spiral? I think my comments are measured. Probably even kind. S.Harper’s first act of government was to cancel 17 Canadian Global Warming research programmes, including a critical ocean one. Do I really need to post what dubya has done on this file? The angry death spiral only happens if Republicans and Conservatives maintain power over the years ahead. America finally cashes in its WWII credit and Canada temporarily loses post-modern status. Not a spiral. Yet.