First, we need to respect science, which just IS -- in a singular category of objectivity, if not its 'last bastion' thereof. Science's standardized/ streamlined methodologies exemplify the most efficient/ fruitful/ TRUTHFUL use of human endeavour.. (In an era of artistic license & 'anything goes', of random acts & uncertain foes & non-fiction taken for fake news posing as prose, SCIENCE PLODS ON, indifferent to traits/ trends & stuck on measured singularities of PLACE/ TIME, in obeyance to its unwavering parameters & consistent procedures that make military regimes seem unhinged..)
Yet for all its unexciting exactitude & unfettered focus on tangible PHYSICAL REALITY, SCIENCE SUCCEEDS at joining humans in tireless quests for undiluted knowledge & observable overriding truths about our world.. & in doing so, scientists have unearthed the most heartstopping realities & real-life histories that defy the vividest mind of any mortal.. HOW can these epic odysseys of overwhelming magnitude possibly be dismissed with any integrity by self-appointed 'leaders' of whole populations, in favour of paltry fictions & polluting limitations?
& it's taken 1,000s of scientists worldwide working round the clock, using hard-won samples of carefully-measured layers of air & earth & fossils & rock, extracted from physical artifacts/ digs/ dirt/ swamps/ sea-beds/ mountainside/ cliffs representing different parts of the millions of years embedded therein, then deconstructed & dissected & analyzed & reconstructed & applied to the strictest standards & tested for specific results. The collective consequence amounts to a jaw-dropping Real Natural History of Earth spanning 100s of millions of years -- with ever-accumulating measurements of new finds filling in the blanks, each new discovery illuminating more of the whole, until massive reconstructed worlds are accurately visualized & give us insights into HOW BEST TO PROCEED GOING FORWARD..
[See NOVA TV's 'Polar Extremes']
We could be experiencing these groundbreaking discoveries together --shared globally by real [RESPECTED!] scientists sharing their finds as they break them open one by one, & unearth the keys to mould our better future in which all biodiversity will thrive -- along with our kids -- in a world that, above all, RESPECTS not just USES Nature's forces (which sustain LIFE ON EARTH.. duh?) Having this process blocked & downgraded by desperate politicians/ businessmen/ charlatans who profit from polluting systems proven to be the very culprits of 100% HUMAN-CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING CONFIRMED BY MODERN SCIENCE --- is such an obvious perversion to those of us with half a brain who value life beyond constraints of oppression imposed by global leaders profiting from mass consumption of the inefficient, poisonous products they keep hawking, indifferent to the suffering SCIENCE IS SHOWING US ALL IN 3-D!
What's gross is the quacks/ factory farmers/ frackers/ loggers/ O&G peddlers ETC. have --against aLL decency/ reason-- been WINNING, & silencing those of us who are almost hoarse after decades of clamouring for justice & eco-balance & sustainability~!!? HOW, is a marvel of $$-minded manoeuvrability of the blind leading the blind, with nothing but personal wealth & obsolete old-school polluting [illegal?] eco-destruction mowing down (/chopping/ digging/ extracting/ poisoning/ wiping out..) aLL in their killing paths, furthered by sucked-in politicians wilfully ignoring conflicts-of-interest/ corruption at the core of lobbyists' ongoing monopoly of their target politicians' ears, convincing them all's COOL just cuz some of their constituents hold JOBS in those very fields sucking the life out of Earth..
WOULDN'T THESE GOOD PEOPS WITH JOBS BE EVEN HAPPIER GETTING PAID TO IMPROVE & NOT WRECK THEIR KIDS' FUTURES? ISN'T DEMAND FOR THEIR SOON-TO-BE-OBSOLETE PRODUCTS WANING, IN FAVOUR OF UPGRADED (ECO-SAFE/ ORGANIC/ SUSTAINABLE/ VEGAN eTc.) ALTERNATIVES, GROWING IN SUPPLY AS I TYPE?? If corporations aren't shifting gears to keep up with The Times, then our Govts. need to ENCOURAGE transitions with kicks-in-the-butt like incentives/ withdrawals of sizeable subsidies sTiLL stalling progress.. Surely THAT'd be less jarring/ painful than the inevitable result of refusing to adjust to changing needs: abandonment by consumers/ orphaned assets/ possible court-cases brought by public & private citizens who WILL be awarded damages THOSE CORPS wiLL have to pay.. (It's just a matter of time - & time is one luxury we no longer have, so events are bound to speed up & leave the stragglers/ stubborn behind!)
[The alternative to such predictable science-proofed stories will be: an even more degraded environmental legacy -- with extinction a worst-case-scenario rearing its frightening head..]
It's exhausting trying to arm aLL with Science & Truth & the Will To Change, & attending/ organizing rallies to mobilize the masses so our (supposedly Democratic) Govts LISTEN & mobilize WITH US (as they obviously did during wars) -- instead of proving by their underhanded complicity with big-industry polluters that they OUTRIGHT LIED TO US ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS (public reactions to which, however, reveal that MANY MORE FAVOUR CLIMATE ACTION / GREEN NEW DEALS THAN WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE~!) THAT'S WHY WE WANT GREENS & NOT CONS/ LIBS/ NDP: we see the corporate pandering behind the complacent Predominant Political Parties.. & it AIN'T pretty! WE FEEL SHAFTED!!
We COULD BE transitioning EN MASSE to science-based alternatives, old-growth protection (cuz it's WHOLE FORESTS that sequester more C02 than any other known carbon sinks -- saving one or two 500-1,000-yr-old "big trees" & felling the rest just WON'T WORK as more C02 is released in that process!!!?), regenerative farming, renewable energy sources like geothermal & wave harnessing, ETC. -- ALL OF WHICH HAVE PROVEN SUCCESSFUL, WITH WILDLY PRODUCTIVE RESULTS~! But sadly, most govt. leaders are --STILL!!??-- wielding way too much unwarranted power & held in thrall (apparently?) by industry/ O&G lobbyists who've managed to monopolize their pea-brains to the exclusion of anyone else in their decision-making... WHICH I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM AS LEGAL!!?? SHOULDN'T GOVT. BE LISTENING TO THE S.C.I.E.N.T.I.S.T.S. (& US T.A.X.P.A.Y.E.R.S.?) & SUING THE POLLUTING CORPS FOR DAMAGES WITH WHICH TO FUND OUR CLEANER, COOLER FUTURE?? LIKE A.S.A.P.???
AT LEAST WE OUGHT TO BE MOBILIZING TOGETHER TO URGE GOVT. TO QUIT USING OUR MONEY TO FUND BIG POLLUTERS -- eg. NEW fossil-fuel infrastructure like TMX & massive eco-ruinous projects like SiteC -- THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY CAUSING/ EXACERBATING OUR PROBLEMS -- & OUR KIDS' FUTURES!!?
(HELLLLOOOO? HORGAN?? CONROY??? WILKINSON???? TRUDEAU????? WE SEEEE YOU.. YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM US -- YOU ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS NOW -- SO STEP UP & DO OUR FUTURE A FAVOUR.. ELSE BOW OUT WITH GRACE & LET THE GREEN PARTY DO ITS THING! YOUR POLITICAL CAREERS SHOULD BE SECONDARY TO THE DUTIES YOU'VE SWORN TO UPHOLD.. & THOSE WHO FUNDED YOUR CAMPAIGNS WILL JUST HAVE TO ROLL WITH THE LAW: YOU'RE in charge now!!!?