Posts by DexterX
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Joe Wylie,
an out of body experience
I prefer to see it as "out-of-body experience " and not an "out of body experince" which is something latogether different and if not treated propoerly becomes problematic in the least.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to mccx,
Why?
Because I was interested to know what people whoa re climate change supporters do about it.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to mccx,
What are you doing about it?
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to mccx,
Dude - the asnwers lie within - a majority of individuals making moderate changes in their daily routine is part of a solution.
We need to in our lives think globally and act locally as groups and as individuals it is more than just a fancy.
And some individuals will develop technology and systems that are less polluting and more beneficial to the environment and the use of resources.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Angus Robertson,
The net result of all the Emission Trading Schemes constructed under Kyoto is to make the situation much worse.
The architecture is based on the financial market model so what it is likely to do is create for the planet a a GFC but based on carbon and other emmisions.
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Sacha,
climate change debate
is much like the does smoking cause cancer 'debate'. ie: it isn't one.There are lot of reasons/benefits to stop or never stop smoking side from cancer.
Similarly there are raft of reason aside from "climate change" for why “we’ should pollute less or not at all.
I hazard a guess, as it is widely accepted, there are a lot of supporters of climate change stuck in traffic driving to and from work by themselves.
There are two path we can go down, however if one is going to believe in climate change then one should practice that belief, otherwise they are just become the voices of those who stand looking or sit looking stuck in traffic.
For me it is not a matter of wanting to be sure as you know sometimes words have two meanings. Also science is never absolute and it evolves.
It is what we do now that matters - so using the car less, riding a bicycle, using papers instead of plastic bags, taking public transports, using sacks, recycling are all things we can do as individuals.
People need to change their polluting behaviours now as in the long run there may not be time to change the road we’re on. It is what you do that matters not what you believe.
And it make me wonder
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The climate change debate - I have found that those people that support the climate change phenomenon (formally known as global warming) - don't do too much about there conviction - except assert that they are right – I mean they still drive rather than walk to the shops.
When looking at the precious dispositions of others "it makes me wonder" what is the point of holding a view and doing Sweet FA – whereas a contrarian who holds a different perspective on say the climate change phenomenon (formally known as global warming) might well be more closely aligned in action to being green and pro environment than say a pseudo climate change supporter.
The troll label here is very Key like in hat it is uneasonable dismissive and I ask you "as we wind on down the road do we want our shadows taller than our souls".
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Hard News: Fact and fantasy, in reply to Euan Mason,
The culture is underpinned by a moral responsibility to preserve their environment, and a knowledge of how to do that, which I find to still be largely absent amongst the majority of New Zealanders I know.
NZ suffers from Moral Hazard - A predisposition to take risks as the costs and harm that result are not met by the people profiting from the risk taking.
Where can I go with old paint?
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To treasure that album was to have a certain idea about what music is meant to be.
I always found White Light White Heat embodied that certain idea – writing great songs:
This is well worth a listen
Great songs live their own lives – as part of the legacy of what can be called “the Great American Music Tradition” Mr Stanley’s version sits well alongside The Velvet Underground Second Album.
Of the work Lou Reed did outside “the confines” of the VU – Berlin is awesome.
Etc, etc, etc blah blah - My urge to comment has passed so here is some great influential guitar playing.
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Hard News: Calling the race before it's over, in reply to Russell Brown,
the backlash
In the long run it may turn out to be self flagellation.