Rob Larson on Fossil Fuelishness

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Tue, 06/30/2015 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Rob Larson on Fossil Fuelishness

Rob Larson teaches economics at Tacoma Community College. He is the author of Bleakonomics. His articles appear in Dollars and Sense.

Historian Barbara Tuchman once wrote the, "rejection of reason is the prime characteristic of folly." The lack of urgency in addressing the eco-crisis is an example of that. Heat waves in India, floods in Texas, drought in California, melting polar ice caps, rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere and so much more, are still presented as unconnected dots. Climate summits come and go resulting in little more than lofty announcements. With an abundance of solar and wind energy at our fingertips it's stunning and reckless that fossil fuelishness continues. As a sign said in Seattle protesting a huge Shell rig heading for drilling in the Artic, "Good Planets are Hard to Find.”

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