{"id":42270,"date":"2019-01-04T14:32:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42270"},"modified":"2019-01-04T14:32:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:32:55","slug":"insights-from-the-wilderness-human-civilization-will-not-survive-climate-intensification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42270","title":{"rendered":"Insights From The Wilderness \u2013 Human Civilization Will Not Survive Climate Intensification"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-image\">\n<div class=\"fimg-wrapper fimg-cl\">\n<div class=\"featured-image\">\n<div class=\"fimg-inner\">\n<div class=\"vm-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vm-middle\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2019-01-04\/insights-from-the-wilderness-human-civilization-will-not-survive-climate-intensification\/\">Insights From The Wilderness \u2013 Human Civilization Will Not Survive Climate Intensification<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"backstretch\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fire.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"et_social_inline et_social_mobile_on et_social_inline_top\">\n<div class=\"et_social_networks et_social_6col et_social_simple et_social_rectangle et_social_top et_social_no_animation et_social_outer_light\">\n<ul class=\"et_social_icons_container\">\n<li class=\"et_social_facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"et_social_twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"et_social_reddit\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"et_social_linkedin\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"et_social_stumbleupon\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"et_social_printfriendly\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I recognize that the title of this StonyHill Nugget is alarming and that I will be accused of holding extremist views on global warming and climate intensification. But I am concerned that the media and our government are not telling us the truth. Stated simply, <em>the 1% that control the media, and the reigns of political power in Washington and other nations around the globe, have <\/em><strong><em>absolutely no desire or motivation to talk about the real threats embedded in global warming.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They <em>know<\/em> that the global economy is extremely fragile\u2026..and talking about the deeper truths embedded in global warming and climate intensification would <em>quickly kill the golden goose that is laying eggs of pure petroleum gold for them. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The realities of global warming embedded in the Governmental Global Warming Crisis Report released by governmental scientists on the Friday following Thanksgiving were clear. Global warming is not only going to change life as we know it by the end of the century, but also the impacts of global warming are <em>already changing life as we know it \u2026.<\/em>and the rate of change is going to continue to accelerate.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the report which was mandated by Congress tended to gloss over the climate impacts that are coming in the near future or already happening. It focused primarily on climate impacts that will <em>not <\/em>be experienced by humanity for <strong><em>fifty to eighty years in the future!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here Is What Concerns Me\u2026And Should Concern You<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Global warming has been metaphorically described as a cliff we are about to walk off. Unfortunately, it\u2019s more like a minefield. The further we walk out onto that minefield, the more we are likely to set off explosions and tipping points that can\u2019t be reversed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insights From The Wilderness \u2013 Human Civilization Will Not Survive Climate Intensification I recognize that the title of this StonyHill Nugget is alarming and that I will be accused of holding extremist views on global warming and climate intensification. But I am concerned that the media and our government are not telling us the truth. 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