With GHG sweeping past 400ppm on its way to 700 and above (according to latest models) we have no time to waste. But there is only so much that we the little people can do about the problem. We cannot block any of the 1200 new coal plants brought online this year alone. We cannot block the fracking ourselves as it is legal and welcomed by universities on their campuses. We cannot block shale development as long as its pipelines are approved by the Obama administration and hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land are being leased specifically for such activity.
So saying that it is "the people" who will drive "change" rings quite hollow to me. I cannot but help believe that in the end, Obama and company are laughing at us, the little people, as we witness the extinction of the human race and most life on this planet.
Once Obama publicly approves Keystone, then we'll see how fawning the little people remain. We'll see them opt, in the end, for truly mad geo-engineered solutions, because that is all that is left once it's clear that any government we elect is simply incapable of anything else.
Or perhaps we'll see his "personal mission" about climate change swing into action - jawboning corporate leaders who listened hardly to him for the past four years, or imploring little people to be more conservation-minded. But effective laws such as a CARBON TAX? No way, as he's already said that is off the table, just days following his reelection. Rather, he's apparently interested in the Democratic version of the Shock Doctrine, cap'n trade, a decidedly green-washed policy that fits well with Democratic financiers.
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