A Vision Should Be Judged

Everyone Except The Far Right Wing Of The Republican Party Realizes That Oil, Gas And Coal Burning Are The Main Activities That Have Sent The Climate Into Bigger Floods, Droughts, Hurricanes, And El Ninos

The European Nations Take Climate Change Very Seriously.

Any System, Biological, Economic, Or Social, That Gets So Encrusted That It Cannot Self-evolve, A System That Systematically Scorns Experimentation And Wipes Out The Raw Material Of Innovation, Is Doomed Over The Long Term On This Highly Variable Planet.

Why Is Our (us) Government The Only One In The Civilized World With A Stupid, Short-term Energy Policy? Why Do Our Elected Officials Consider A European Or Japanese-type Energy Tax Not Only Unpassable But Undiscussable?

We Don't Think A Sustainable Society Need Be Stagnant, Boring, Uniform, Or Rigid. It Need Not Be, And Probably Could Not Be, Centrally Controlled Or Authoritarian. It Could Be A World That Has The Time, The Resources, And The Will To Correct Its Mistakes, To Innovate, To Preserve The Fertility Of Its Planetary Ecosystems. It Could Focus On Mindfully Increasing Quality Of Life Rather Than On Mindlessly Expanding Material Consumption And The Physical Capital Stock.