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Everyone move in together. Create co-operative living agreements. & WORK for a TAX ON FOSSIL FUELS, patrice Aug 2012 #1
I've been in several different extended family living together situations.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #6
I agree with your comment about conflict levels. Trillo Aug 2012 #14
The situation is "no pain, no gain" for most of us. Do or don't what you can about the Romneys of patrice Aug 2012 #24
Have you ever actually lived in such an arrangement? Fumesucker Aug 2012 #28
Perhaps I am assuming more choice in the matter of who is and is not in a co-operative. It's called patrice Aug 2012 #33
It's been my experience that interpersonal politics trumps everything else.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #36
Gotta agree there. I've lived with roommates; in a small commune(the authoritarian was front Nay Aug 2012 #45
I do think in smaller terms & also with clearly laid out options up front, so that if, after a patrice Aug 2012 #77
Every organization I've ever been part of has "doers" and "talkers".. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #109
I will do my best daily to make my footprint miniscule. I am old. My stay in hell won't roguevalley Aug 2012 #57
Same concern here, "It will take a freaking catastrophe to make RKP5637 Aug 2012 #129
I will not be here by the end of the century, RebelOne Aug 2012 #2
Do you have children? Family? Anyone you care about who will be here after you've gone? patrice Aug 2012 #4
The problem with this snappy reply is that Skidmore Aug 2012 #23
I'm pretty intimately acquainted with death. & I have been saying exactly what you are saying here patrice Aug 2012 #29
Thank you. I can't do anything about what is going to happen. RebelOne Aug 2012 #31
I know this sounds snide but are you posting using a tin can and a string? Fumesucker Aug 2012 #32
It is snide and you can only accomplish so much Skidmore Aug 2012 #53
Actually, with the advances in stem cell research, etc... randome Aug 2012 #39
Why anyone would want to do that is beyond me. Skidmore Aug 2012 #49
you could live long enought to watch the rest of us die... Odious justice Aug 2012 #52
First BlackHoleSon Aug 2012 #125
I'm not trying to depress you but why would you NOT want to live longer? randome Aug 2012 #54
I do think there comes a time when as organism we are Skidmore Aug 2012 #55
I hear you. randome Aug 2012 #56
Why do you assume that you have nothing that they need? Have you been in any or our nation's patrice Aug 2012 #94
I don't think I said that. What I said was Skidmore Aug 2012 #97
at some point everyone gets the message to move on. Some take longer. no one wanted roguevalley Aug 2012 #60
Wow, that would certainly be overpopulation on steroids. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #130
Director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies says work for a tax on fossil fuels - link: patrice Aug 2012 #3
I think there was an opportunity to limit the damage 40 years ago KurtNYC Aug 2012 #35
I'm not sure that particular tax tactic is so much just about limiting damage as it is also about patrice Aug 2012 #76
Easy. I won't. lapislzi Aug 2012 #5
I can't afford old age either. LiberalAndProud Aug 2012 #8
Re what will be left for them to live through is why we need to be here to help them make the patrice Aug 2012 #19
I have been encouraging my family to learn the old skills like gardening, farming, etc. But I am not jwirr Aug 2012 #84
We were talking about those smaller separate kinds of arrangements when I worked in long-term-care, patrice Aug 2012 #92
Born in 1941 and have witnessed all the modern changes that effect us so completely now. Fortunately jwirr Aug 2012 #103
What if someone needs you to help them do the right thing in their time here? patrice Aug 2012 #16
Those are really, really good questions. lapislzi Aug 2012 #21
Thank you for considering what I am saying. I will admit my bias, I am helping the young people patrice Aug 2012 #27
Oh, some of us will survive, we're a highly adaptable species Warpy Aug 2012 #7
oh good grief! guardian Aug 2012 #47
I live 150 feet from the water... meaculpa2011 Aug 2012 #68
I don't think guardian Aug 2012 #82
First, I said that we didn't... meaculpa2011 Aug 2012 #83
The crisis will force us to advance as a civilization, not regress. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #62
I sincerely hope so Warpy Aug 2012 #63
Invade Canada. They are so friendly... aikoaiko Aug 2012 #9
just invade during the hockey game KurtNYC Aug 2012 #38
You're kidding, Eh? Canadian 2 Aug 2012 #117
You'll be underwater, that will be the new north coast! B Calm Aug 2012 #113
I won't Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #10
CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) could also be used. Amonester Aug 2012 #61
Aside from downloading my brain to a titanium computer.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #11
I have no answer.... Locrian Aug 2012 #12
the recent colorado firestorms pretzel4gore Aug 2012 #13
Well that's a new one guardian Aug 2012 #50
sorry ... so long to reply pretzel4gore Aug 2012 #136
I don't see how guardian Aug 2012 #137
i value your respect pretzel4gore Sep 2012 #138
I think you can rest easy tonight. guardian Sep 2012 #139
I should go off the grid, or set up the ability to do so. democrat_patriot Aug 2012 #15
I don't expect my body to survive it. Trillo Aug 2012 #17
I'm moving to the far Nor-Cal Coast (Eureka) musiclawyer Aug 2012 #18
Hey, that's my escape route too. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #40
Hope you love fog n2doc Aug 2012 #41
I grew up in fog musiclawyer Aug 2012 #42
Let it happen (on the one hand)... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #20
I don't have a whole lot of ideas. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #22
Living as much off the grid as possible right now. cbayer Aug 2012 #25
Big ass air conditioners? hack89 Aug 2012 #26
Put them on full blast and open the windows to cool off the outside Son of Gob Aug 2012 #108
Move to Alaska maybe... Kalidurga Aug 2012 #30
I would encourage as many Democrats and libs as possible to move to Alaska, Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #48
I would move to Alaska in a heartbeat if I could. RebelOne Aug 2012 #51
We have the technology and science to do something right now lunatica Aug 2012 #34
A lot of this Sci-Fi better come through Lifelong Protester Aug 2012 #43
It's not sci-fi. It's not even an engineering problem. It's a political problem. Zalatix Aug 2012 #64
It's not scifi- its science not being put to use on the scale it ought to be. Marrah_G Aug 2012 #100
Great info, do you have a link ...? Thanks MindMover Aug 2012 #79
They all came from different sites and different times lunatica Aug 2012 #99
I've already gotten rid of nearly all exotic landscaping plants that aren't drought-tolerant. slackmaster Aug 2012 #37
Global warming won't be what kills me. For others, they will adapt... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #44
I'm staying near fresh water. Alduin Aug 2012 #46
I hope you are north of 145th and out of the new flood zone. nt CK_John Aug 2012 #58
The Upper-Midwest is in a good location to weather the comming storm. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #59
Why is it taking so long to bring solar energy online ? limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #65
I agree with those who believe that the time when we could avoid catastrophe has passed KurtNYC Aug 2012 #69
I wonder if climate change defeatism is the new climate change denial ? limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #70
In 40 years there has been no progress on global warming KurtNYC Aug 2012 #72
Ok I don't disagree with we need to adapt . limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #74
By selling you food when the Breadbasket moves North canEHdian Aug 2012 #66
I could tell you.. sendero Aug 2012 #67
The earth will survive despite us. Topanga119 Aug 2012 #71
The biggest thing I did was to end my support of the stock market. raouldukelives Aug 2012 #73
Unfortuantly since many points made in "an inconvenient truth" were proven to be false or crazyjoe Aug 2012 #75
So you don't think the planet is warming, that man is directly responsible for the rapid... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #86
google it, you will have enough reading to keep you busy for days. crazyjoe Aug 2012 #102
No, you google it for me..you made the claim truebrit71 Aug 2012 #107
nah, to easy.....can't be bothered, I'm bored with you. go away. crazyjoe Aug 2012 #112
So you have nothing...that's what I figured... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #115
ok, you win. I did a quick search and found pages of results. crazyjoe Aug 2012 #116
One quick thought on your reply re: Alarmism truebrit71 Aug 2012 #120
This isn't about predictions or whether Glen Beck said that Gore shouldn't fly on airplanes KurtNYC Aug 2012 #91
costco now stocks emergency food in a bucket dembotoz Aug 2012 #78
I noticed that too this past weekend...plus portable solar panels... truebrit71 Aug 2012 #87
Turn up the cooling unit slightly 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #80
I don't think the weather pattern has AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #81
Who are these scientists? cottonseed Aug 2012 #85
Living in Florida I might have to move north. Ganja Ninja Aug 2012 #88
cannibalism belcffub Aug 2012 #89
Nailed. it. nt patrice Aug 2012 #95
Mother nature can be quite emphatic when reminding us who's really in charge. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2012 #90
I live near the Ocean on the West Coast...it will buffer me for awhile. Tikki Aug 2012 #93
I figured moving as far north as possible would be the answer. sarcasmo Aug 2012 #96
Skills and educating oneself Marrah_G Aug 2012 #98
Move, adapt, or die. bluedigger Aug 2012 #101
I won't Sick of the GOP Aug 2012 #104
Welcome to DU... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #105
HI....Welcome to DU.. Tikki Aug 2012 #106
Welcome to DU KurtNYC Aug 2012 #110
interesting thread. kick Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #111
My idea is get the fuck out of the city for one thing. Bonobo Aug 2012 #114
Yep, agree! I think cities might be devastating places to be. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #132
I will be dead DainBramaged Aug 2012 #118
i will raid your compound and take your water, fuel, and food datasuspect Aug 2012 #119
and you expect us to 'just walk away'? KurtNYC Aug 2012 #123
that's the "die trying" part datasuspect Aug 2012 #124
I live in the mountains at over 9,000 feet. Not a problem. Grave Grumbler Aug 2012 #121
I have a plan. laundry_queen Aug 2012 #122
I live in Canada so though our flora and fauna are chaging...I hope this summer drought applegrove Aug 2012 #126
I'm going to hoard carbon credits. hughee99 Aug 2012 #127
My idea? let the Earth equilibrate. If an 80% decline in human population is necessary... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #128
I will rob republicans... fascisthunter Aug 2012 #131
Move to Antartica Shankapotomus Aug 2012 #133
Some sicentists would say that you are an alarmist. Vattel Aug 2012 #134
It might include global warming along with another natural phenomenon... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #135
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