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Thom does use his platform for things meaningful, just not what and the way you want it to be.

So you want him to be one of the hundreds who write on a single subject, the environment.

Ignoring all of the other shit, and history that is destroying us. It is all interrelated. The people who are defecating in the water that you and I live in and drink from are the very same people that are making the world unlivable, even for themselves, but they don't give a rats ass, becaue they believe that their money and power will save them from the consequences of their thirst for luxury and power.

It is the history of mankind, (the American, French and Russian revolution, for example, or the British Occupation of India and Africa, the British, Dutch and French and German occupations of Africa and south east Asia.

What turns the tide is when Joe and Jane six pack, finally get a clue and have enough, but by the time that happens it will be too late, we passed the tipping point and there is no turning pack. there is no way to capture and sequester, methane and carbon dioxide that has pushed the tipping point pass 350 ppm. We can kevetch, whine, petition, protest, elect politicians who know what they are doing and will try, but it is too late.

There is no savior on the horizon, no magic wand, no extraordinary personality, best hope is that some genius comes up with something that will effectively reduce global warming glasses to below 350 ppm.

Odds are against it, time is running out. Look what the warming of the arctic has done to the jet stream (responsible for the heat dome and freezing weather that is plaguing he east coast, mid country and south. Not to mention the desalinization of the Atlantic current and gulf stream, which is responsible for keeping Americas east coast and Europe livable in the winter.

When the dry bulb temp reaches 95 degrees Fahrenheit, humans die, animals too, and it did so last year in some places, like the Arabian coast of the Red Sea. I will check to see how Gaia is doing this year, bound to be worse than last.

But don't ever accuse Thom of whining. He isn't perfect, no one is, but doing so makes you an enemy of many, including me. However the Trump humpers most certainly applaud you.

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