03-12-2022, 01:48 PM
(03-12-2022, 09:34 AM)David Horn Wrote:(03-12-2022, 05:51 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(03-11-2022, 09:41 PM)JasonBlack Wrote: "They need to be made available NOW"
I would be agreeable to this if it actually became the discourse of conversation (among the public at least. You've probably talked about it at length), but at the moment, everyone is focused on what not to do rather than what to do. We're too focused on "ban this", "stop doing that", "we need to cancel that", with no "do this instead".
Replacing fossil fuels with renewables in response to this Ukraine crisis and its sanctions is being talked about among the public, not just with me. Environmentalists like Bill McKibben are talking about it, and other organizations that send me email are talking about it. The Europeans are talking about it, and President Biden talked about it in his recent speech to the nation. I'm sure it needs to be talked about more. But whether it is or not, by whoever, it IS the need.
The biggest issue is timing. We live in a world that expects instant gratification, but that's impossible in most cases. Yes, I can build an instantly available vicarious experience, but not a real one. Real takes time, and we're intolerant of delay. At some point, we, as a society, need to get grounded enough to understand that some things take days, others take weeks and still others, years. That looks like a Civic project to me.
There is an age old saying relating to this. You may be able to guess what it is. If not I’ll reveal next post.