Kimgerly's Kingdom

Dang, I wish everyone would just catch up with me. 19 SEPT 2020 ANNOTATION - An 'orange is the new bleak' apopcalyptic view from the SF Bay Area (8:49 a.m. 9 Sept 2020: Image - UC Berkeley Campagnile My focus has always been to deal with the pre-existing, shared values about climate instability and how it affects the Tragedy of the Commons   (the  atmosphere ,  oceans , rivers,  fish stocks , the  office refrigerator , energy or any other shared resource which is not formally regulated); values such as: Employment Security Good Health Stuff everyone wants, right? Some time ago, I reconciled that the hubris of the humanities, religion is furtive. But one doesn't have to be religious to believe some supreme being wants us to love and care for other people, and that this entity gave this space ship we call 'Earth' to people to care for it and every living thing. Problem is, I don't think (wo)man have been doing a very good job minding the shop...

I recall sitting in my Energy Analysis class at the Universeit Utrecht in 2005, when we embarked on a discussion about this new, flagship mechanism, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme [ETS], a policy vehicle to promote reducing carbon emission in the aim of bolstering renewable energy systems technologies. I thought, perhaps, at that time, it might work at best and at worst be a baby step in the right direction. Mind you, this was around the time BP, British Petroleum had unveiled their Beyond Petroleum campaign. But like my pragmatic, solicitous Dutch classmates, I was skeptical. And now, today, I am sadly affirmed. For some time now, I have been a firm believer that we need to quit emitting carbon, post haste if we are to attenuate the escalations of the 'indifference' of Mother Nature--climate instability, global warming and all the associated 'undesirables' that she will unleash. This, however, I am afraid will not happen--especially because oil companies short-term i...