What’s Core Sanerism?

What are the tenets of our movement, and what are just the inclinations of Ray Katz?

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We want — no, need! — for The Saners (our climate/society rescue movement) to be a broad one. We need a very large number of people.

That’s one reason we need to avoid any demanding purity test. We also need for people to understand what they (and we) are trying to achieve. The history of movements is that, to succeed, they usually must become very, very big.

The finer details of my views are consistent with and supportive of the Saners wider aims. But they are only my views. They are unessential, not tenets of Sanerism.

Let’s take a look at some views, and identify how to classify them.

Core Tenets of Sanerism

1. Recognition that we have a climate emergency, that it is NOT getting better, and that none of the efforts yet enacted by authorities and decision-makers worldwide will prevent climate collapse.
2. We need a plan that slashes CO2 emissions sharply and quickly, and this must be included in a worldwide emergency plan developed by honest competent experts. This plan must be designed by scientists (and others) to prevent climate collapse.
3. Saners must put their full support behind the worldwide emergency plan. This may not be the…