Nebulous Boundaries

The delusional idea of CO2 trading. A single word describes it all:

Stupid

The illusion of non-existent boundaries should be obvious. The same as (used to be) the non-smoking areas in restaurants. Smoke drifts. Trading CO2 as though it is controllable is ludicrous. But it's a theoretical, and specious, method of gaining a perceived advantage. At the moment the chickens are coming home to roost - in America. Flooding and dreadful weather conditions return to the America that deludes itself into thinking that it can escape the consequences of its own stupidity. If climate change is such a consequence of the selfish American lifestyle that consumes huge volumes of oil - every day - then the products of that gluttony are coming home.

Any perceived financial advantage is lost completely as the penalties earned by fixing the consequential problems outstrip the gains. The misery to be endured has been earned by the attitudes that will not change. When a nation wakes up from its delusional state there may be opportunities for real progress, but the problem is not simply America. It's any country that is in denial caused by its single tracked obsession with the attainment of wealth. The filthy lucre. The human race is just the parasite that walks over planet Earth. Consuming everything. The only substance returned to the Earth is excrement. This nourishes the Earth and ensures its survival. It's a wonderful irony. The Earth will continue for millions (maybe billions) of years long after the very short-lived existence of the human race. Self-destruction seems to be a trait of humans.

Long live Gaia