tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post7121872102689357003..comments2023-04-17T02:14:40.718-07:00Comments on COMPASSIONATE CLIMATE ACTION: Have We Waited Too Long? Is It Too Late?GreenHeartedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-76128626336008648712014-08-29T07:24:32.329-07:002014-08-29T07:24:32.329-07:00i noticed the leading Repiblicans in the last US e...i noticed the leading Repiblicans in the last US election had huge families who are begetting so many who will probably live like their parents with extravagant lifestyles .<br />They are producing more and more votes for their party as well.<br />Leading a simple lifestyle to me means not behaving as tho we were primitives but redefining our needs: how many square feet does one need to live in and building differently and using alternative energy<br />We need new desires.Small is beautiful.<br />On the Gulf Islands so much habitat and ecosystems are destroyed by the desire to have one's own quarter or half acre and then punching in a road to each place <br />Cohousing models where the surrouding land is shared is much more efficient<br />Here on SSI we outdo LA for no of vehicles per capita<br />We have 10,000 residents with 9900 registered vehicles and 10,000 cars through town everyday which makes a huge amount of emissions NOISE + STINKOemissionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052778663890940687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-20494096812875431942014-08-25T11:04:57.142-07:002014-08-25T11:04:57.142-07:00Icarus, thanks for writing. I suspect you're r...Icarus, thanks for writing. I suspect you're right -- although I keep thinking that there's a slight possibility 7 billion people could lead the simplest of lifestyles (with a Bangladeshi footprint, for example). But that's not going to happen anytime soon. I remember an audience member once admitting, "I'd rather die comfortable than live uncomfortable." But in a way, that just proves that this is a crisis of imagination. People (except for science fiction writers and inventors) don't seem capable of seeing what might be -- only what is and has been. So yeah, we're probably pretty close to the day the whole pond is covered with scum (if you know the pond scum exponential analogy). But I, for one, am going down fighting!!! (And it sounds like you might be, too. ;-)GreenHeartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-89587535083697635152014-08-25T02:59:26.192-07:002014-08-25T02:59:26.192-07:00The biggest problem is: Too many people! There i...The biggest problem is: Too many people! There is no way that this planet can sustainably support 7 billion people at any level of civilisation. Of course, the urge to reproduce is very strong. So is the desire to live a more comfortable life, which almost always means one of greater consumption. We cannot maintain anything that looks remotely like today's society on 'renewables'. Based on 'Limits to Growth' which so far has been remarkably prescient, we're looking at a rapidly rising global mortality rate, as declining resources and increasing environmental damage overwhelm the progress we've made in the last few hundred years. I wish we could look forward to a more enlightened and harmonious world but I think the evidence points the other way.Icarusnoreply@blogger.com