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Numbers and Narrative

Ray Katz
4 min readMar 25, 2023

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An approach to rescue the climate and save the biosphere. And what you can do RIGHT NOW.

The author in front of Independence Hall, Philadelphia — preparing to be a Climate Voice

We are in a cataclysmic battle between those who want to destroy the planet for profit, and those who want to preserve the climate for our children and future generations.

The problem with this battle is that only one side has shown up — the bad guys. Now, I don’t mean to criticize or diminish the many heroes of the climate movement: Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future, The Sunrise Movement and many, many more. But their numbers are way too small. They need help. This planet needs help. WE need to help.

The size of the climate movement — even including the millions of child activists in Fridays for Future — is simply too small. We aren’t (yet) in a position to change anything.

A Movement that Matches the Scope of the Crisis

As a percentage of the Earth’s human population, the leading climate abusers are a very small number. Maybe a few thousand. But they control things. They have money. They buy influence. Governments of every form and ideology serve them. Every economic system is built on extracting wealth from the planet, and ignoring the damage.

Meanwhile, nearly everybody else on the planet recognizes the destruction, cares about the…

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Ray Katz
Ray Katz

Written by Ray Katz

Internet pioneer. But I’m most interested in stabilizing the Earth’s climate and promoting our common humanity. WeAreSaners.org

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