Saturday, August 21, 2010

The Temperature is Getting Hot as Hell and We’re not Going to Take it Anymore

Fossil fuel is wrecking the one earth we’ve got. Polite suggestions won’t get us anywhere.

"For many years, the lobbying fight for climate legislation on Capitol Hill has been led by a collection of the most corporate and moderate environmental groups, outfits like the Environmental Defense Fund. We owe them a great debt, and not just for their hard work. We owe them a debt because they did everything the way you’re supposed to: they wore nice clothes, lobbied tirelessly, and compromised at every turn.
By the time they were done, they had a bill that only capped carbon emissions from electric utilities (not factories or cars) and was so laden with gifts for industry that if you listened closely you could actually hear the oinking. They bent over backwards like Soviet gymnasts. Senator John Kerry, the legislator they worked most closely with, issued this rallying cry as the final negotiations began: “We believe we have compromised significantly, and we’re prepared to compromise further.”

Now What?
"So now we know what we didn’t before: making nice doesn’t work. It was worth a try, and I’m completely serious when I say I’m grateful they made the effort, but it didn’t even come close to working. So we better try something else."

Read more at...
http://eartheasy.com/blog/2010/08/the-temperature-is-getting-hot-as-hell-and-were-not-going-to-take-it-anymore/

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