Posts by recordari
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In the 'worst word' category.
1. Insomnimac - did I just see that on a billboard, or was I dreaming?
2. Exclusively - apart from not being that gullible, we've been reading about it on PA for days, bro! -
1. Democracy
2. Carly Binding Referendum - Classic.
3. Urgency - the scary side of Govt on steroids.
4. Copenhagen
5. Underclass - as in sterilise the...That about sums it up, IMhO.
It's been a hell of a year...
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Fair point. In some ways, although clearly not explicitly enough, that is what I was trying to say. There is too much information out there, and who should you believe? If I could edit out the offending words now, I would. Clearly these discussions are taken more seriously than I might have realised.
The message for me is that current industrial practices are, IMhO, sub-optimal and detrimental to the planet, and the health of all species living on it. In many countries they are running out of the basic necessities in life, like water. Is that climate change, Western arrogance or just bad luck? Actually I don't care. I just want it to stop.
The polarising effect that this debate has (case in point) is hiding the urgent need (again IMhO) for some significant action around issues that may or may not be associated with climate change, but are now critical because we are all sitting around debating it.
It is undeniable that Africa needs more food and water. What is Copenhagen doing about that?
By the way, on a lighter note, the Tesla Roadster is still very much alive. http://www.teslamotors.com/ They always planned the high-end performance car before working on a production class sedan. I'm willing to keep an open mind and I'm guessing Ford didn't build the Model T in a day. Maybe they will change the world.
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I have watched it. And all the water car, air car ones etc. Short term memory loss. Too much CO2.
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Climate Change
'Take a hit, or we're all in the shit.'Recently on our favourite (Ok my favourite) student radio 95bFm Peter Urlich interviewed Lucy Lawless about the 'Sign On' campaign and climate change. It left me wondering 'sign on to what?'
Peter said that for him the most important thing is to find someone you can trust, then follow their advice. While this rang true, it's not so easy. As much as we all love Lucy, Rhys Derby and Keisha Castle Hughes (Whale Rider KCH), why should we trust them? Or at least why should we trust them say more than Nick Smith, who is after all our elected Minister for the Environment? Don't answer that last question as it is in fact obvious.
Perhaps what is killing the planet is not global warming but debate about global warming. While we throw claim and counter-claim around, the fish in the USA rivers continue to change sex, Mt Everest becomes Mt Aspiring and the global corporations who have lead us down this merry path are still being given multi-billion dollar bail-outs and government guarantees. If anyone thinks for a second that Obama and co are going to turn up in Copenhagen with sweeping reforms of the inefficient and unsustainable auto-motive, farming, oil, forestry and high-tech industries, then they are more delusional than the climate change deniers.
At the end of the day, are we really willing to do what is necessary? Perhaps surprisingly, according to Time magazine (Ok all you conspiracy theorists, get indignant about Time... you finished?) California is. Several years ago there was a video floating around of Arnie in an electric car made by a bunch of geeks in Silicon Valley called Tesla Motors. It was, and still is, cool. And environmentally 'cool' to boot. Being a man of action (or is that an Action Man?), Arnie introduced the Global Warming Solutions Act in 2006, which lays out the plans for the state to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Of all the measures being discussed for Copenhagen, this seems to be about the most radical, and it is as far as I am aware, already written into Californian law.
Imagine if the person you ended up trusting on climate change was Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger? If you think I'm joking, read the Declaration from 2 October 2009 signed by some pretty interesting people, who might actually make a difference.
Astalavista baby.