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From concern to obsession. And finally, action.
I’ve been concerned about the climate for quite a long, long time. But I always thought that, no matter how stupid the human race can be, they’d do what’s necessary to save the planet for the next generation. After all, our species did avoid nuclear war (so far) and other existential crisis.
Unfortunately, leaders across the planet along with every political and economic system has failed catastrophically and we are speeding towards extinction. Instead of sharply decreasing our use of fossil fuels, we continue to increase it. The end is in sight and it looks like oblivion.
I became fully aware of the scope and severity of the climate crisis in 1992 when Al Gore came to the local Borders bookstore to promote his (then) new book “Earth In the Balance.” I listened and learned. A few weeks later, he was nominated to become the next Vice President. In 2000, when the Supreme Court overruled the American voters, the majority of whom selected Gore as president, we lost our last chance to save the planet through standard channels. Soon after, the petroleum elite had seized enough government influence/control to complete their greed-driven demand to profit from destroying the Earth and our children’s future.
That’s where we are today.
