{"id":6689,"date":"2011-07-30T08:27:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T12:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=6689"},"modified":"2011-07-30T08:27:03","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T12:27:03","slug":"the-climate-easter-bunny-fable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=6689","title":{"rendered":"The Climate Easter Bunny Fable"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Easter Bunny fable is the basis of ‘policy’ thinking of many liberal politicians.\u00a0 Yet when\u00a0such people are elected to the executive branch and must make real world decisions, they end up\u00a0approving expanded off-shore drilling and allowing continued mountaintop removal, long-wall\u00a0coal mining, hydro-fracking, etc. “\u201c maybe even a tar sands pipeline.\u00a0 Why the inconsistency?<\/p>\n

Because they realize that renewable energies are grossly inadequate for our energy needs now\u00a0and in the foreseeable future and they have no real plan.\u00a0 They pay homage to the Easter Bunny\u00a0fantasy, because it is the easy thing to do in politics.\u00a0 They are reluctant to explain what is\u00a0actually needed to phase out our need for fossil fuels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Partisans in the climate concerned community are quick to\u00a0badmouth<\/a> or dismiss alternative policy prescriptions that–even if you disagree with these alternative options–are at least honest about the scale of the energy challenge and the geopolitical realities.<\/p>\n

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