Ted Patzek: Is it too late for the truth?

[GliderGuider]

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"It will take the planet 100,000 or a million years to recover, but it will - only without us."

[stuntcat]

1. "sometimes I suspect that we've built an entire system.. ..to prevent us from thinking"

What he says, around 5:25, about too much tv is right on. The people I know who watch the most tv, who quote their favorite shows and talk about celebrities, are the ones in the most denial about the future. They're the same people who see no use in animals except to eat them.

[motocicleta2]

2. Thanks

This one's getting a bookmark.

[wtmusic]

3. He speaking about hope, about policy, and he's saying conscious changes matter;

about great-grandchildren, and responsibility beyond that of "preparing for the end". Doesn't that kinda rock your boat of doom, GG?

[GliderGuider]

5. We're not about to go extinct any time soon. There will be hope and policy and grandchildren

However, there may be no hope of stopping climate change, no policy that will be effective at slowing the growth train, or enough grandchildren to go around...

But we will still have community (soup kitchens), friends (in need) and family (funerals).

[wtmusic]

6. GG I think you've turned a page

Looking forward to funerals is about as sunny as I've seen you

[GliderGuider]

7. Well, a guy has to think about cheerful things every once in a while.

Otherwise he goes crazy...

Ya know what I mean, Vern?

[wtmusic]

4. "Celebrities...which are less than irrelevant..."

[hatrack]

8. When the NYT proudly announces that it will publish a monthly article on climate-related news . ..

I would venture to guess that it's not a question of being too late for the truth, but whether truth will even be allowed to be spoken aloud.

At some point, it won't.

[Edim]

9. Mr. FOIA strikes again.

http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2013/3/13/climategate-30.html

[CRH]

10. Another realist, ... thanks for posting, n/t