We are in a bind. Sustainability is a social, economic, political and emotional challenge of major proportions - maybe even unprecedented in human history.
Understandably, people don't want to give up their existing comforts and habits.
Understandably, people that don't have these comforts feel its only fair that they too get access to them.
Understandably, people don't want to see wind or solar parks or other intrusive installations in their backyard.
Understandably, complex and less that 100% certain science tackling long-term effects and phenomena will be questioned by people with limited trust to institutions of tarnished authority.
People just want the magic tree of energy driven consumption to go on as this is the dominant model of a "fulfilling" life.
What is brewing is a toxic cocktail of denial, blame shifting, panic, snake oil salesmen, speculators etc.
We certainly haven't seen the end of history.
Understandably, people don't want to give up their existing comforts and habits.
Understandably, people that don't have these comforts feel its only fair that they too get access to them.
Understandably, people don't want to see wind or solar parks or other intrusive installations in their backyard.
Understandably, complex and less that 100% certain science tackling long-term effects and phenomena will be questioned by people with limited trust to institutions of tarnished authority.
People just want the magic tree of energy driven consumption to go on as this is the dominant model of a "fulfilling" life.
What is brewing is a toxic cocktail of denial, blame shifting, panic, snake oil salesmen, speculators etc.
We certainly haven't seen the end of history.