tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313064.post110676478146089360..comments2024-02-05T11:44:29.403-06:00Comments on Child of Illusion: Climate Change CatastropheEllie Finlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05807252889442220449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313064.post-1106848986008314692005-01-27T12:03:00.000-06:002005-01-27T12:03:00.000-06:00Thanks, Marilyn, Cindy and Anonymous for these com...Thanks, Marilyn, Cindy and Anonymous for these comments. This is an issue of such great importance that it cannot be exaggerated. I appreciate the reflection that each one of you has obviously done.Ellie Finlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807252889442220449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313064.post-1106840108099598582005-01-27T09:35:00.000-06:002005-01-27T09:35:00.000-06:00Reading this makes me remember a saying that is cr...Reading this makes me remember a saying that is credited to Native Americans, "Think about the consequences of your actions for seven generations". If we had done this in the past we might not be in the environmental mess we are in. Changing our thinking and our actions to reflect this belief may be our only hope of getting us out of our current environmental disaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313064.post-1106796756715113492005-01-26T21:32:00.000-06:002005-01-26T21:32:00.000-06:00There is a new book out in hard back titled "Colla...There is a new book out in hard back titled "Collapse". I can not remember the author's name but he is a geologist by training. The book is about what we can learn from ancient and not so ancient civilizations that have "collapsed" and died because they used up their resources or were unwilling to change the way they lived and adjust to their environment and/or tap into alternative resources. Ironically, most of these civilizations were cognizant of impending doom, but too caught up in tradition, greed, power and disagreement to change their course, even when alternative resources were readily available for survival. The book concludes by drawing chilling comparisons between the deaths of these previous civilizations and the self-destructive trajectory of our present civilization. I am making the book and this blogspot required reading because it is much too easy for me to live in a state of ignorance and delusion. CindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313064.post-1106792830576261802005-01-26T20:27:00.000-06:002005-01-26T20:27:00.000-06:00Of the catastrophic global climatic events, it is ...Of the catastrophic global climatic events, it is the switching off of the Gulf Stream that concerns me the most. All of the "smaller" catastrophies concern me. As someone who grew up in the 1950's I really didn't think that I would ever live to see my present age. I was firmly convinced that we would all be destroyed in a nuclear confrontation.<br />I think one reason that there is so much scientific illiteracy is related to the upswelling of the extreme fundamentalists in our country. Also it is easier to be in denial about the existance of a problem when the choice is an abrupt change in your comfort level or a serious commitment to a less pampered lifestyle. Thirdly, it is much easier to be in delusion than to have the courage to say, "I don't know." or "I was wrong."<br />The most positive aspect of the quotations that you sited was the Pentagon's declaration that this posed a greated threat than terrorism. If Tony Blair will be in a position of leadership, I hope that he shows more courage than heretofore. MarilynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com