Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse. 
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… nothing is ever so bad that it can’t get worse … 
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As the old saying goes.
“Cheer up said Fred.”
“So we cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse.”
An article regarding thge UK heading for zero emissions by 2050.
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A troubling graph of Climate Change denial by our Newspapers. The amount of rejection and doubt articles are the greatest concern but also for many the lack of articles in support of Climate Change Science. What effect has this had on the populations acceptance of the facts:
Another item I though very interesting on how climate change is affecting us all (it is US centric but still applies)
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This aligns very well with the perceived bias of these publications as reported by a number of examiners. It comes as no surprise that acceptance=left and denial=right. We can debate if this is because they want to feed their readership with what the readership already wants, or if they are trying to influence them, or both. The reason why people with politically right leaning tend to be deniers and vice versa is now getting some serious analysis, it is complex.
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Which bit?
The system that,
Supports individualism and the delivery of personal outcomes,
Vs
The ability of the collective to determine outcomes for all.
The question of how minorities gain power or societies can be led to make collective decisions which are against their interest is interesting. It is closely related to: should elected representatives lead from the front and move us towards their stated vision of a better world or simply represent the will of the people.
My answer is both: the leader ought to educate and convince us until the will of the people becomes his/her vision and so we go willingly. This is by no means free of problems and pitfalls but is greatly prefered to either the leader obscuring their true motives and using spurious arguments or having no vision and going the direction of the latest pressure.
Somewhere between the extremes, perhaps?
As Greta Thunberg says “start to act in accordance with what the science says”
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But, but what if the science tells you to do something your most vocal supporters or major donors don’t want?
You see this all the time when faced with consensus expert opinion, whether it be climate change or health, the vaguely engaged polies mutter their confusion claiming there are broader issues, the polished retail polie says ‘look over there’ and refuses to engage.
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We can’t boycott businesses if they support Coal says our Prime Minister.
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You think so Mr PM? We’ll see about that!
Plenty already doing it, and I doubt they will pay any attention to this.
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Dutton’s piece about it:
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Why Forest (Land) clearing has been underestimated by a factor of 6 as an climate emission contributor (Australian Research):
This impacts not only Climate Change but species loss, loss of diversity, even loss of enjoyment for those who frequent the forests for relaxation and reflection.
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That is the model our major and most minor parties use. A few years back I had a worrisome exchange with one of the better MPs of the era and she was adamant the role of a (parliamentary) government is to lead with its mandate being to make decisions on behalf of the voters. What we might think is not part of their world more often than not.
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In the modern conservative’s world those ‘predicates’ neither vote nor pay dividends nor pay taxes and thus do not exist in a meaningful way. When they get in the way of those that do, eg businesses and donors they become pests to be minimised, culled or exterminated. Expendable collateral damage in their mindset!
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Whatever the consumer impacts, it seems we’ll know about them in excruciating detail:
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And now this.
“Ah McCain, oops, Trump. You’ve done it again”.
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There are calls for Australia to follow Trump’s lead.
A Facebook video about the Murray-Darling. LATEST UPDATE 4.12.19 Shadow Minister for Environment and Water Terri Butler declined my request to present the petition in parliament this year. Her top... | By Raelle | Facebook
This is truly a man-made disaster. For comparison, the WA government is planning to open up water allocations on the Fitzroy River. According to the minister, the maximum that they will allow to be allocated is around 6% of the flow. On the Murray-Darling, 40% is allocated.
Landline : ABC iview
This is why the Murray-Darling system is in crisis. Sadly, the solution is one that our Totalitarian Capitalist government will not contemplate.
Petition EN1124 - An Independent Investigation Into Murray-Darling Basin Plan
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