Sunday~Mo’ Links
By: John Allen
Tags: Global Warming, Environmentalism, Ecology, Climate Change, Links

“The further man proceeds, the less he is in a position to solve his problems, and when, at the apex of his blindness, he will be convinced he is on the point of success, then the unheard-of will occur.” E.M. Cioran~The Trouble With Being Born

Troubles

While we all sit around squabbling about the primaries or the annoyances of having to go to the market, any number of life’s mundanes chores or dialogues with friends, our home is stating to die. Maybe even beyond starting, slipping into decay is a much better assumption. And it’s a one-way street also. Points, tipping points if you will, are being crossed off every few months and now it’s only a matter of tending to our own, keep love in your lives and face what’s surely coming this decade, or next, at best.

I’ve read nothing good of late on the state of Earth and her children. Ever since I re-acquainted myself with all the newer ecological issues since I last studied them back in the early 70’s at school.(Class of ’72) I wondered what the “controversy” was. And why were there no governmental actions to address this growing concern. I’ve since read well over 20 books on various aspects of climate, ecology, extinction, societal collapses, etc. There’s no controversy. None. There wasn’t back in ’72 when my high school, biology II class took a field trip to the Four Corners Power Plant. One massive plant sending electricity to Phoenix and Los Angles. We get out electricity here in Albuquerque from elsewhere, San Juan and local gas fired plants. A little slice of the southwest and it’s a minute piece of the immense puzzle that encircles the globe with abuzz with electricity. And yep, I’m using some to help stay warm and run my PC as I write this piece.

What stuck me during the tour of the plant was the indignant supervisor and his gripping about shutting sown boilers to put scrubbers on the stacks. Part of Nixon’s new Clean Air act of ’70. Albuquerque’s air improved considerably since then. We live in a big valley and down by the Rio Grande the smog was bad in the winter in the 60’s and 70’s while I was attending school. Nixon actually did some environmentally friendly things and that was the 70’s. But since then the actions have been few and far between.

Enough of history. I think it’s far too late to not see a collapse of some magnitude on the economy, along with all the things that it supports. What happens after that is anybody’s guess. Other ecosystems will be collapsing concurrently with the economy. Mother Nature is going to be fighting back as she watches her forests, her coral reefs, her oceans, her streams, and all her wonderful children go extinct. I’m sad because I can do nothing but watch as imbecilic leaders huff and puff and then do nothing. Trump has such disdain for the environment that it sickens me.

I watch some shows on TV at times that show miners destroying prime wilderness just to extract a shiny metal the humans think has value. Try eating or breathing gold dust. It won’t kill you because it’s not toxic but, value? What about the value of the polluted streams filled with detritus from the extracting systems they employ? It’s sickening to watch. And for a 1,000 ounces of gold. I do know they are trying to make a living but the cost to the ecosystems they destroy is was too high in this day and age.

I hope my few readers will tend to their own affairs. Do what you usually do and do watch waste, at least as much as you can. Cherish your children, respect nature and be a good person in these dystopic times. Sorry to be so glum but I usually see the bad before the good. There are books on coping with the collapse. Carolyn Baker has a good one, well worth while.

OK, now some depressing links. These are from people that see first hand all the destruction wrought on Earth, our home. Enjoy…and then weep. I wish I had more on the wildlife being destroyed. Why does a cow have a right to life and wolf doesn't? They were there first. Like the Bison. Or the Sage Grouse.

Links…Oh Yea, Peace, The Ol’ Hippy

And for really scary stuff:

Our planet’s dying and we’re all the cause. I don’t think anyone save a few poor beings such as my self and a few other’s in the ‘real’ know, know what’s just around the corner. Good Day