Posted by Jim Ross | Posted in Issues | Posted on 22-10-2011
Q and I had a great discussion about meat and climate change following my last blog post. I wish he would reveal himself but for now, QQQ@qqq.com and his IP address are all I know about him. I tried to email him, just for fun, but it bounced. Even it I don’t agree with Q, I appreciate his/her perspective.
I won’t reveal his/her IP address unless tortured with something like tequila or a really nice prime rib steak. Combine the two and I’ll tell you anything you want to know.
I think part of what I wanted to point out in my original post is that we do the best we can with what we have. We encourage both local and global thinking in terms of how we can have the most positive impact on our planet and the people who live on it. We’re open to new ideas and perspectives and seek them. We try and put things in perspective.
The TED talk below is one of the best I’ve ever seen. The clarity the presenter brings to our biggest problems is both pragmatic and brilliant. It might offend or surprise you. Either way, you should watch it.
Draw your own conclusions but I think a debate about whether meat is causing global warming really misses the target.
We don’t have a clue what causes the planet to warm and cool over short and long periods of time. It’s just human arrogance to think that we have the technology to figure it out right now, simply blaming ourselves is cheap and lazy, and isn’t science. We blame everything on CO2 now. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
I agree.
We also had the solutions decades ago.
2 examples, “diet for a small planet” and “small is beautiful” both written by professionals and experts in their fields of work.
Our Masters know these solutions, but that means our Masters would lose more corporate control over us, and our governmental systems, be it capitalism or communisim. They will push any type of means that brings on more globalism and global control and dress it up that it is for the best for all of Us, be it NAFTA, CEDA, E. U., Euro, SPP, Amero, Codex Alimentaris, Aggenda 21, Kyoto, Carbon trading, etc.
We can’t change what we don’t ackowlege. It isn’t the 1% over the 99%, it is the 1% over the 1% over the 99%.