Linda’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday this week is “-eat.” She says, “Use the word ‘eat’ or add letters to it to make a different word.” So, in true stream of consciousness fashion, I am starting off with the word “peat.”
Which probably seems like an odd word for my brain to settle upon, but I was listening to the radio the other day and they were talking about peat and permafrost and how they are such massive carbon sinks for the world and how, if the permafrost melts and all that carbon gets released into the atmosphere, the planet will heat so much that, well, it will be really bad for humanity.
Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that this was where my mind went. After all, writing/thinking/reading/discussing carbon emissions and climate change has been part of my daily life (or almost daily life) for several years now.
It started with joining the fight to keep high-volume hydraulic fracturing of shale formations out of New York State and inevitably led to educating about the broader problems with carbon emissions and global warming and increases in severe weather, droughts, fires, etc., sea level rise, melting land and sea ice, and the increasingly urgent need to end reliance on fossil fuels and convert to renewable energy sources, especially those that are no/low carbon emitting.
I could – and have – gone on and on about this, but I will spare you today!
I will, though, send my thanks out to Pope Francis, currently 200+ miles to my south in Philadelphia, PA, for spreading the message around the world about the urgency of fighting climate change and the effects it has on the planet and the human community, particularly the most vulnerable people. His solution is to develop an “integral ecology” that serves to both protect the environment and ensure the dignity and needs of all people are met.
We are all in this together. Let’s clasp hands and forge ahead with the work needed to save the planet and ourselves.
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I wonder if it’s already too late to stop the global warming. I’m just glad I live on high ground.
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There is definitely warming that has occurred and more that is destined to occur from carbon already in the atmosphere. The choice now is between terrible and catastrophic, depending on our behavior over the next fifteen to twenty years.
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Yes, lets! Wouldn’t it be funny if the gradual destruction of the planet is what ends all religious wars? Hmmm…
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Peace is a needed component of working together – for the good of the planet and all its inhabitants, most especially people. The amount of money squandered on arms and military equipment would be more than enough to put the world on a sustainable path that would benefit all of humanity.
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Indeed.
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