Good thing Bill’s focused on the science of anthropogenic warming
(Latest issue of Rolling Stone) But what all these climate numbers make painfully, usefully clear is that the planet does indeed have an enemy – one far more committed to action than governments or individuals. Given this hard math, we need to view the fossil-fuel industry in a new light. It has become a rogue industry, reckless like no other force on Earth. It is Public Enemy Number One to the survival of our planetary civilization. “Lots of companies do rotten things in the course of their business – pay terrible wages, make people work in sweatshops – and we pressure them to change those practices,” says veteran anti-corporate leader Naomi Klein, who is at work on a book about the climate crisis. “But these numbers make clear that with the fossil-fuel industry, wrecking the planet is their business model. It’s what they do.”
Gee, I wonder how much fossil fuel will be used to distribute copies of Rolling Stone around the globe? Well, fortunately, Bill refuses to take fossil fueled travel, especially not to places like Arizona, California, Vancouver, Utah, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maine, and, thankfully, not all the way from Vermont to Rio!
BTW, just to be clear, I’m not a big fan of fossil fuels, as they are dirty and pollutants (not referring to CO2). But, hey, let’s face it, the use of fossil fuels really allowed mankind to develop our modern civilization in a very short period of time. In less than 200 years we went from horse and buggy to traveling to the moon. Bill would apparently prefer that we all…well, for his purposes, everyone else, cause he has lectures and protests to attend…give up fossil fuels and live likes it’s 1499.
