And yet I'm hopeful that this may finally move the gears (Reply #3)

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Response to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 07:18 PM

jsmirman (4,507 posts)

3. And yet I'm hopeful that this may finally move the gears

that have been trapped in rust for far too long.

New York City is finally talking about taking this issue seriously. The investment there will be significant and impossible to miss.

Then there will be two choices:

Ignore that New York sits like a castle inside its system of protective dykes and gates (the post earlier on Hartford's storm protection was educational) or

Realize that this is a clarion call that everyone is fucked if we don't do more than just build barriers.

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34 replies	Author	Time	Post
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE [View all]	jsmirman	Nov 2012	OP
exactly.. i cant stand it when people say it is.	DCBob	Nov 2012	#1
You are right	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Nov 2012	#2
And yet I'm hopeful that this may finally move the gears	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#3
And of course, how much it will cost NOT to address the issue...	Amonester	Nov 2012	#14
I did just hear Bloomberg say he doesn't believe in dykes and sea gates and the like	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#17
Excellent. Thank you! K&R n/t	OneGrassRoot	Nov 2012	#4
Thanks - it was a late night screed written during storm-related sleeplessness	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#7
Well said	malaise	Nov 2012	#5
Thanks, malaise	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#9
I disagree.	Speck Tater	Nov 2012	#6
I think you're missing my point	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#8
I agree with you: "their propaganda needs to be tossed in the dustbin"	Speck Tater	Nov 2012	#10
And the success of that political process can only happen when their nonsense	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#11
The human species is on death watch because of global warming.	MoonRiver	Nov 2012	#12
That nails it - are we going to stand for a "Pro Human Extinction" party any longer? Enough!	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#15
Thanks, J.S. This is indeed the truth, no doubt about it.	AverageJoe90	Nov 2012	#13
I just hope the message is starting to come through	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#16
Climate change has been politicized by both the right and left.	Brent Deck	Nov 2012	#18
Not quite right. If you are hurtling down the road because your foot is on the accelerator, it would	uppityperson	Nov 2012	#20
What are your suggestions?	pinto	Nov 2012	#21
So let me see if I understand your position...	bluesbassman	Nov 2012	#22
Not an expert	Brent Deck	Nov 2012	#23
What spelling did I correct? Did you even bother to read my post? Figuring out causes and solutions	uppityperson	Nov 2012	#27
You used the correct "hurtling" in your subject line, he used "hurdling".	bluesbassman	Nov 2012	#28
Huh, teach me to be anal about my spelllling	uppityperson	Nov 2012	#31
Hear, hear. Glad to see this point arising from Sandy's floodwaters.	DirkGently	Nov 2012	#19
I think that all that can be done is people try to prepare to adapt.	Kaleva	Nov 2012	#24
tell that to the republican party	spanone	Nov 2012	#25
too late to stop it, we have to focus on mitigation now	0rganism	Nov 2012	#26
Sorry, I'm not "putting down my sword".	Zoeisright	Nov 2012	#29
Not a put down my sword type. Post is a suggestion to cut off their heads.	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#33
And the above is my meaning regarding putting down the swords.	jsmirman	Nov 2012	#34
In principle I agree. However, the only solutions are political.	joshcryer	Nov 2012	#30
It is time for people to wake up and smell the coffee on this.	Lady Freedom Returns	Nov 2012	#32

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