tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post8339638191324492215..comments2024-03-25T04:43:08.153-07:00Comments on Arctic News: Year 2012 set to break all recordsSam Caranahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376449209858411775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-69651049567742052092012-08-05T19:58:31.250-07:002012-08-05T19:58:31.250-07:00Thanks for commenting, Dale. I believe that a comp...Thanks for commenting, Dale. I believe that a <a href="http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/comprehensive-plan-of-action.html" rel="nofollow">comprehensive plan of action</a> is needed to reduce these threats, backed up by government commitment manifested where necessary in fast-tracking legislation and in international agreements, and implemented as much as possible by local communities. <br /><br />At local levels, I urge communities to consider local feebates, which can help establish a shift to a more decentralized and distributed economy with a greater say and more freedom for all of us. <br /><br />Such policies can work in concert, to over time deliver huge financial benefits and further benefits for the local community, on top of the environmental benefits. Communities that implement such feebates can benefit from higher food and energy security and independence, better health, more job and investment opportunities, greater efficiencies, a more reliable and robust electric grid, better balance of payments and less need for policing of global transport of fuel, food and other resources.Sam Caranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376449209858411775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046701423623795423.post-35140603810645610472012-08-05T07:54:19.107-07:002012-08-05T07:54:19.107-07:00Arctic sea ice loss seems irreversible given the l...Arctic sea ice loss seems irreversible given the lag time of oceans worldwide to soak up CO2, acidity changes that affect shell formation negatively and mankind's insatiable appetite for fossil fuel. If there is to be chance at change it would seem going cold turkey to get off oil seems logical but this would necessitate largely the halting of building of infrastructure and innovation of technological capacity needed to help stop runaway. It may be already impossible to stop famine coming but trying to get politician from local, state and National level to speak of what the world faces in their platform stump speeches is near if if not toast in possibility as evidenced in person in nearby backyard hrs ago..<br />It's like the 'right' piles on what amount to menaces to society that forces the Left to react in reply in earnest without tripping into effect build up of bias injected over many years from a corporate media.<br />Short term stuff of great earnest needs to stop being exclusive point of podium speakers, (podium in the case yesterday which i dedicated to those who were fighting for change in O8 Change we can believe in.. IN design and construction too.. My hands built that and my friend who is State Senate Leader, now running for US Congress spoke from that place yesterday.<br />Yet He listened to me tell him of 1.7X10^12 metric tonnes of CH4 that could release from Arctic continental shelf in short order as sea ice is to be gone in Summer 2015 most likely..<br />He listened and spoke of environment and what it means to youth as he said something at State Convention in response to a text from the floor.<br />But the message was essentially muted like it was too hot to handle and would somehow lessen chance of winning election.<br />Where are my friends in high places, those who we elected to office and in whom many had some hope of change being enacted.. Were all to fall to temptation of not saying what every one of those yesterday know in the back of mind true..)<br />completely swamping the stump out voice warning of coming catastrophic famine and loss o friends<br />What can a person say to sway to initiate changeDale Lananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409842680440987251noreply@blogger.com