The paralyzed and dysfunctional governments of the world, especially ours, aren't going to do diddlysquat about this until it's beyond too late, if we're not there already. And any individual efforts are likely to be overshadowed by the bubbas (apologies to all kind-hearted bubbas) who will simply buy bigger Escalades and drive them even faster in rural Texas because FREEDOM.

Kind of puts me in the mood to simply quit my job, sell my stuff, hit the road, and see as much of the world as I can until the money -- or the world -- runs out.

It's already here; we can't stop it entirely. And there's more in the pipeline that we can't stop. But we continue to put even more into the pipeline. That we can stop.

The temperature and the sea level will continue to rise; coastal people will move inland as climate refugees; interior areas will become dry and less fertile. But we can cut back on CO2 emissions to keep things from getting even worse decades from now. And we can plan a way to adjust to the new environment. A planned adjustment will leave us in much better shape than an unplanned one.

Its what you've made so deal with it.

In most every interview with climate scientists that I've watched this past year, they were asked if they think it is already too late to do anything. They pause and then respond with "I think it might be". It looks like they really want to say yes but then back it down a notch.

I wish we could get a good discussion going on this board but it never seems to happen. If we don't do something about this nothing else matters.

In Washington DC on 2/17 there will be a rally to urge President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, which (if it goes online) will transport Canadian tarsands, a fossil fuel that would become a huge contributor to atmospheric CO2.

You can learn more and sign up at http://act.350.org/signup/presidentsday .