Rather than verbalising about such, foreguessing the future or analysing the past, mass awareness of the menace of the climate change is the most urgent content I reckon. That’s true, that the issue has been widely voiced in various media recently, but from my own experience I can say, that it still stays in narrow circles of the society and the ordinary man is not receptive to this information, or not enough to act. There is large number of people in my daily life who hardly “find time” to ponder over the problem, if at all. Not mentioning doing something for solving. With his own priorities and burdens, incorporated little luxuries and worked out habits average human is living his busy life, earning his bread, raising his children and even if he is aware how grave the situation is, he still tends to hope that whoever the responsible is, would “invent” something to stop the disaster. I consider relaying information the way it would be accessible to each and all is the most urgent requirement of today- waking, reminding, motivating, even shacking if necessary. Maybe going as far as using powerful visual presentations like primetime ads or huge billboards or even introducing legal responsibilities. I am not talking about terrifying, that would, on contrary, paralyze. Neither about appeal to emotion, but skilfully tailored campaigns at all levels. Human being needs a drive for action not just hope.

I’ve been contemplating eco-survivalism, but with little money or property, my options are few. There are so many triggers to this problem it is impossible to know who or where it will hit the worst.

In 200 years time the survivors’ descendents will not mourne billions dead any more than I mourne the russian dead of WWII or the plague victims of the middle ages. Lovelock is able to be cheerful by taking the long view, and lets face it, he’s likely to miss the actual holocaust.

There’s an episode of South Park where the whole town learns of the imminence of global warming and all run around screaming as if it were a sudden-onset disaster. It was hilarious, but that response seems far more rational to me than 99% of the behaviour I witness every day.

With 80% of humanity about to be wiped out, what opportunities does that present for humanitarians, Paul?

Personally I was always hoping for Cloud Cities (but that’s because I thought Lando Calrissian was cool), but I like the Polar Cities idea. You should try and get funding for it - guarantee there’s somebody out there who would back you! Let me know when it takes off and I’ll buy a room… you know, just in case….

I hope not. But it’s something to think about as a possible adaptation strategy and in nothing else, as an educational tool. See my news press release here: Not Spam at all.

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