{"id":34631,"date":"2018-05-31T09:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34631"},"modified":"2018-05-31T09:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:18:10","slug":"we-are-all-in-the-clutches-of-the-delusion-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34631","title":{"rendered":"We Are All in the Clutches of the Delusion Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We Are All in the Clutches of the Delusion Dragon<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Image by Jean Arnold, Association for the Tree of Life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s time to accept that we are not going to dislodge the entrenched interests holding back effective action on looming climate chaos by any means tried so far. Believing that 97% of credible scientists is consensus enough is 103% short for effective response. (Even 200% may not be enough.) Undeniability and incontrovertibility are the only criteria that will work to break through the Hydra-Headed Delusion Dragon clutching all of us.<\/p>\n

Systems change is necessary; incontrovertibly broken systems must be shown and viscerally felt.\u00a0 Perceiving unavoidable disaster is what can trigger responses. The Dragon must be made visible. An Earth Systems view makes clear the comprehensive catastrophic pathway we are on, and having it felt viscerally is actually easier than it seems. For example:<\/p>\n

1. Plastic pandemonium.<\/strong> Ocean plastic is fast exceeding ocean fish: without intervention soon, the amount of plastic littering the world\u2019s oceans is expected to triple within a decade, a new report shows<\/a>. The average American throws away 185 pounds of plastic per year, almost half a pound each day. Add to that, we produced more plastic in the last decade than we did in the entire 20th<\/sup> century, and we didn\u2019t have plastic before that to \u201cthrow-away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Chris Jordan, courtesy of PopulationMediaCenter.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plastic Pollution Coalition\u2019s video \u201cOpen Your Eyes<\/a>,\u201d shows the horror and disgust of our collective despoliation in less than four minutes. Another approach is to go to Coastal Care\u2019s \u201cWHEN THE MERMAIDS CRY: THE GREAT PLASTIC TIDE<\/a>\u201d and simply scroll down for about three minutes through the pictures.<\/p>\n

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