However, either way, we know with certainty that this arctic methane "bomb" will "explode" killing all life on Earth within a matter of decades unless our CO2 emissions are RADICALLY reduced NOW. Yet, we do essentially nothing!
Put very simply: our entire human organizational system--political, economic, even cultural--is wildly out of synch with actual reality. We are all so caught up in our self-constructed worlds as to be oblivious to our certain impending doom.
Our planet is run by elites for elites, with public opinion manufactured via corporate media to convince the masses that whatever serves the interests of these elites, is actually the PUBLIC interest. The chances that this group--the .01 percent--can and will respond in time to the looming existential danger we face, can be computed with 100% accuracy: it is ZERO.
If the powers that be remain in control, we die--every human, every bird, every flower--all life dies. There will be no 22nd century, no starships, no romantic evenings--nothing but a second Venus orbiting lifelessly around the sun.
Humanity's leadership represents the worst of our species. Their thinking is characterized by insatiable desire for power and wealth. Their time horizon is always short term. They CANNOT provide the solutions required in the time available.
Given this reality it is up to the rest of us to act--NOW. The indispensable requirement for our successful action is an informed global public.
Get the word out--it's now or never. Begin by reading the information available at Arctic News, the online journal of the concerned arctic climate scientists I've just mentioned. Encourage others to do so also.
We are rapidly approaching a point beyond which we cannot be saved from extinction. ACT. NOW.
We need to abandon fossil fuels regardless of costs. It is not convenient, but nature does not bargain. It's either act now, or our species goes extinct as part of the extinction of all the rest of life on Earth.
Choose.
1) http://www.alternet.org/environment/giant-methane-monster-lurking
2) http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/warming-in-arctic.html
3) http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/warming-in-arctic.html
4) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131125172113.htm
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