Thank you, especially about the Saudi owned farmland in Yuma, producing 2-3 winter crops of lettuce, light to moderate water use and then 3 to 5 or more summer harvests of high water demand Alfalfa shipped to the Middle East for dairy cattle, as well as Timothy and other grasses for horses. Oddly, those fields are within a hundred miles of massive depleted and closed copper mines, as well as rapidly depleting mines.
The scale of industrialized capitalism seems to be beyond comprehension for the majority of people...the phone in your hand, the car you are sitting in, the lunch (burger or salad, doesn't matter) in the drive thru...is one thin strand of copper away from becoming unusable.
Like myself, I suspect most readers here would rather chew broken glass than vote for a Republican. And voting for an independent candidate is mostly a useless gesture in our 2 party system. However, the Democratic Party's continued support of the so-called "Green" New Deal's "Alternative Energy" is just another example of trying to prolong our industrial civilization. Hyping wind and solar "green wash" is just another denial of reality. We need candidates who fully understand the core message of your post today. Candidates who accept the inevitable decline of industrial civilization and the need to "Power Down" in every aspect of daily life. One handy litmus test: Will you sign a "No Fly" pledge?
No politician who advocates for "power down" would ever get elected. I am long past (very very long past) bothering with individuals to be able to do anything at all in our extremely broken political system (broken on all sides). I do not know of a single politician today who faces reality.
When I vote (not often), I vote on local issues. Otherwise, it's a complete waste of time.
Thank you, especially about the Saudi owned farmland in Yuma, producing 2-3 winter crops of lettuce, light to moderate water use and then 3 to 5 or more summer harvests of high water demand Alfalfa shipped to the Middle East for dairy cattle, as well as Timothy and other grasses for horses. Oddly, those fields are within a hundred miles of massive depleted and closed copper mines, as well as rapidly depleting mines.
The scale of industrialized capitalism seems to be beyond comprehension for the majority of people...the phone in your hand, the car you are sitting in, the lunch (burger or salad, doesn't matter) in the drive thru...is one thin strand of copper away from becoming unusable.
Couldn't agree more. Well put.
"Climate change is just one of many symptoms of the predicament (a problem with no solution) we are in: ecological overshoot. "
AMEN.
Good to see another writer seeing the overshoot picture.
cherry-picking and distracting vs. big picture roots of issues... thanks for the info!
Like myself, I suspect most readers here would rather chew broken glass than vote for a Republican. And voting for an independent candidate is mostly a useless gesture in our 2 party system. However, the Democratic Party's continued support of the so-called "Green" New Deal's "Alternative Energy" is just another example of trying to prolong our industrial civilization. Hyping wind and solar "green wash" is just another denial of reality. We need candidates who fully understand the core message of your post today. Candidates who accept the inevitable decline of industrial civilization and the need to "Power Down" in every aspect of daily life. One handy litmus test: Will you sign a "No Fly" pledge?
No politician who advocates for "power down" would ever get elected. I am long past (very very long past) bothering with individuals to be able to do anything at all in our extremely broken political system (broken on all sides). I do not know of a single politician today who faces reality.
When I vote (not often), I vote on local issues. Otherwise, it's a complete waste of time.