tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post5195264447583636726..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: World Climate Like An Athlete On SteroidsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-2173568829343592302013-03-06T09:39:03.418-09:002013-03-06T09:39:03.418-09:00Klem, You're absolutely right about us all bei...Klem, You're absolutely right about us all being part of this. I've pointed out in previous posts that without us consuming the product, they would find something else to do.<br /><br />But the choice is not huge oil consumption or a dirt floor in Africa. By the way, I have spent time living on the local economy in less rich countries. While their physical standards of living maybe be lower than ours in terms of owning stuff, except for the truly impoverished, they have a richness of family and social support that most Americans no longer have. So I know that we can modify our energy consumption in ways that don't threaten a good life, unless good life for you only means having lots of oil consuming stuff.<br /><br />I'm not sure what your 'look in the mirror' comment is supposed to mean. Since you only identify yourself as Klem, I don't know what you see in your mirror. So I'm not sure what your point is. That I can't criticize the oil companies? That I can't talk about global climate change? That I'm contributing to the problem as much as the oil companies? That I should shut up and consume for as long as I can?<br /><br /><br />Whatever your point is, it doesn't let the oil companies off the hook because they help shape US and world energy policy through their various ways of influencing governments and the energy infrastructures that make it so difficult for average citizens to get off our oil habit.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-87527249379428150452013-03-06T07:17:41.189-09:002013-03-06T07:17:41.189-09:00"And while they gained wealth and privilege t..."And while they gained wealth and privilege through their oil work, even the enormous wealth of the oil companies cannot compensate for the damage that will come."<br /> <br />While THEY gained wealth and privilege? You live in the west pal, that means YOU gained wealth and privilege right along with them. This blog you have is supported by that wealth and privilege. If you feel guilty and want to give up your western wealth and priveledge, sell everything you own and go live in a dirt floor village in Africa for the rest of your life. Otherwise its time to look in the mirror.<br /><br />klemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com