Maybe Heidegger was right: "Only a god can save us." — Xtrix
I've googled it. What I appear to find is that geothermal energy is indeed an energy source, has some pros, some cons, is location dependent, is expensive. Nothing that says geothermal energy is the panacea for all the world's energy problems. — Wayfarer
My approach is different again; it's very high temperature geothermal - produced by drilling close to magma chambers and subduction zones in the earth's crust. I mentioned above, I'm looking for temperatures around 700'C. It's magma energy; not geothermal as we know it! — counterpunch
For me, the leading problem is one of values held and aspired toward by the majority of humans inhabiting this earth: both those in power and those who grant them their power. — javra
But there's no way around it: we stop burning fossil fuels or we die
— Xtrix
We're probably going to die then. North America has like 200 years worth of coal to burn. — frank
Got anything published? — Wayfarer
For me, the leading problem is one of values held and aspired toward by the majority of humans inhabiting this earth: both those in power and those who grant them their power.
— javra
Well said. This is also what I mean by awakening. A paradigm shift, a revolution -- all similar: a major, far-reaching event that happens relatively quickly. — Xtrix
Not only will we never get these communities to ‘awaken’ to the same understanding on any issue , we shouldn’t consider it a desirable goal. — Joshs
can't see a way we survive unless there's wide-scale awareness and prioritization of this particular problem. — Xtrix
can't see a way we survive unless there's wide-scale awareness and prioritization of this particular problem.
— Xtrix
One could make the same argument about World war 1, World war 2 and the Cold war. People make accommodations to alien cultures ( peace treaties) and adjustments to perceived threats from within their own way of seeing the world , not by melding into a single universal perspective. — Joshs
what's needed is wide-scale awareness and prioritization of the particular problem (climate change). — Xtrix
My point is that there will never be precise agreement , nor does there need to be, on what exactly the ‘particular problem’ is. — Joshs
There is 97% + agreement on what the problem is -- from those in the field. That's good enough for me. — Xtrix
I'm not interested in the minority who have been brainwashed into denialism by the fossil fuel propaganda juggernaut, — Xtrix
First of all, this is a very large minority. — Joshs
Secondly, believing the opposition is simply ‘brainwashed’ rather than operating from an entirely different frame of understanding than yours will keep you tied up in knots. — Joshs
“Who mentioned anything about a "single universal perspective"? You're arguing against self-created phantoms.”
Assuming that those who disagree with you on this issue are brainwashed pre-supposes that facts can be separated from perspectives and values. — Joshs
in any case, you're just changing the subject. I never once said there needs to be a "single universal perspective." — Xtrix
it proves that some perspectives are WRONG. Yes, I do believe in truth — Xtrix
We get it right all the time, every day in fact. This is just another stupid talking point used whenever climate change is brought up. You're not fooling me or anyone else.
What we really DO NOT NEED are religious awakenings, mantras that repeated as pseudo-religious chants without much if any thought given to what actually is said. Keep religion away. These problems will not be solved by faith based strategies, on the contrary!At this point, I think what's needed is an awakening similar to a religious conversion in the sense of a complete change in perspective, and one that has to be reached on a global scale. — Xtrix
Starting with those.What will it take to eradicate nuclear weapons and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero? (To name only two.) — Xtrix
in any case, you're just changing the subject. I never once said there needs to be a "single universal perspective."
— Xtrix
No, I think your statement below articulates what I had in mind more clearly than ‘single universal perspective’.
it proves that some perspectives are WRONG. Yes, I do believe in truth
— Xtrix — Joshs
At this point, I think what's needed is an awakening similar to a religious conversion in the sense of a complete change in perspective, and one that has to be reached on a global scale.
— Xtrix
What we really DO NOT NEED are religious awakenings, mantras that repeated as pseudo-religious chants without much if any thought given to what actually is said. Keep religion away. These problems will not be solved by faith based strategies, on the contrary! — ssu
What will it take to eradicate nuclear weapons and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero? (To name only two.)
— Xtrix
Starting with those.
So what is the problem you have with volcanoes erupting or natural forest fires? Just look at what you write and consider it taken literally.
Zero emissions.
All greenhouse gas emissions. — ssu
I guess I committed a crime tonight when I warmed the water front sauna with couple pieces of wood. — ssu
That is a good start.Yeah, perhaps you missed the "similar" part, which is crucial. No one, least of all me, is advocating for a particular religion. — Xtrix
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