That's It

So that's it. First the European Union made a valiant but pointless effort to throw some money at the problem. Then Canada decided that there would be no legislation binding Canada at the Copenhagen talks in December (check back a few posts). Now the final nail in the coffin: the US is putting off legislation on climate change until after the talks, when the heat is down.

So that's it. No plan, just marching into the future with a blindfold on. La la la. Let's plan for our retirement and maybe grab a burger later. Ain't life grand?

Seems to me that we need to rethink everything because the state isn't going to act. That much is as obvious as the nose on your face. Do you doubt it? After all you know and have read. If the state won't act and the corporations won't act then the citizens have to act. We have to do whatever it takes, take any step that will protect the planet.

Today I read a National Geographic in an office. It listed a number of the species that are now extinct. They are gone. They are never coming back. Normally that wouldn't necessarily be sad, as some species die and some evolve that's how the game is played. But to read through that list of disappearing beautiful communities was heartbreaking. Worse than any genocide. And it's our fault. All our big homes and roads. We are the problem. The state is not going to be part of the solution.