tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post3234468743334907186..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Too late? A genuine possibilitybyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-37513137044278401232011-08-04T03:00:10.205+01:002011-08-04T03:00:10.205+01:00"It's too late to prevent the problems we..."It's too late to prevent the problems we've already committed ourselves to by our inaction so far; it's never too late to prevent the problems ten more years of inaction will commit us to." - from a very interesting discussion <a href="http://initforthegold.blogspot.com/2011/08/rolling-urgency-paradox.html?showComment=1312400983947#c1527617403310553189" rel="nofollow">here<byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-49789097100071979782009-12-21T10:24:05.800+00:002009-12-21T10:24:05.800+00:00Mike - when you say we live "with the boundar...Mike - when you say we live "with the boundaries for our actions provided by the state" do you mean that we generally live within the law, but we should consider some civil disobedience? Or do you mean that the government sets the example on what is "thinkable", so that, for example, the obsession of nearly all contemporary governments with the pursuit of economic growth abovebyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-2368652413015341712009-12-20T14:15:29.979+00:002009-12-20T14:15:29.979+00:00hi byron, thanks for this post. Most of us (includ...hi byron, thanks for this post. Most of us (including christians) seem to live with the boundaries for our action provided by the state. so there are loads of people in australia who support strong action on climate change, but won't curtail their lives a great deal without legislation. I can see why this is the case, but i wonder whether the failure of state based solutions will bring into Mike Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382354162198484322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11051337018171048012009-12-18T13:37:10.869+00:002009-12-18T13:37:10.869+00:00Thanks Mark!
I'm writing some pieces for CPX ...Thanks Mark!<br /><br />I'm writing some pieces for CPX about Copenhagen at the moment (I posted a link to the first one a few days ago). The next one should be up sometime soon, and then there might also be a 3rd, depending on when our baby decides to arrive.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-91366933152084153312009-12-17T21:38:37.318+00:002009-12-17T21:38:37.318+00:00Byron, Thanks for an excellent series of posts ove...Byron, Thanks for an excellent series of posts over the past year on climate change. I have been greatly encouraged, edified (and educated too) by the material you have posted. Good on you for quoting the old doctor in this last one. I look forward to reading more.Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13240607529129349650noreply@blogger.com