A year ago politicians were presenting rosy possibilities to people who lost their houses in the floods. Now reality has been revealed… the assistance has been cut, the wealthiest people in the world (Australians) can’t afford the repair bill.
We can thank the climate/emissions deniers. They, and their bullshit, delayed strong climate action for twenty years. Some of them are reading my words now. Shame! Some of them had their houses destroyed or damaged in the floods. One wonders what they are thinking, ‘Oh that was a one in one-thousand-year flood’ a ‘natural catastrophe’. Ain’t nothin’ natural about human-generated carbon emissions!
Our winter rain is feeding the forests for a fiery spring and summer. Fires, floods, famine, hyperthermia, the carnage won’t stop when the emissions stop, like some bewildered politicians etc seem to believe. It will only stop the climate disasters from getting even worse (provided we haven’t gone over a tipping point).
Natural forest growth and decay will take at least 100,000 years to sequester the excessive CO2. That includes the assumption that all global ancient forests are fully remediated… hahaha, bad joke. Of course, I don’t want to discourage tree planters from getting down and dirty, but planting rocks is more important… keep reading!
The main solutions are for everyone to minimise their carbon emissions and maximise their carbon sequestration. It is an emergency, isn’t it?
Electrify everything ASAP! Including primary, secondary, and tertiary industries! Globally! Solar-ly! Put all your money into de-emissioning your work and home life.
Next, you can also offset emissions and sequester carbon with industries like climeworks.com. That’s what we really need to shrink: the 100,000 years of hell in front of us. Read that link, to get their rocks in your head!
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
