Matt Davies for December 01, 2015

OK, I’ll jump in here. The ONE most powerful reason that climatic conditions are rapidly being altered by human presence, and threatening to wreak havoc around the globe, is a simple one: MONEY.Ours is the only nation that I know of in which many government politicians, bureaucrats and much of its citizenry either deny that changes are occurring, or simply declare that these changes are either normal, or God’s will, or a misguided plot by liberal forces, or (my favorite by GWB) that the matter “needs more study”. The wealthy elite of this oligarchy want to enjoy their wealth & power TODAY. The ones who own, or are very-well compensated to managed their industries, do not care about the next generation’s problems, not even their OWN CHILDREN. .“Well, Chatsworth, when you take over the family’s businesses in 2060, or so, you will have to deal with these problems. You will probably have to pay our friends in D.C. more than I am paying now, but you must keep them from introducing any regulations which will cost the family more money by complying, and then our media friends will also want some more. Good Luck, son!”.With the help from people that our captains of Industry, Banking and Corporations have installed in management positions, their taxes have been reduced, the great unwashed have been kept in check with low wages, TV, Video games, Gocomics, drugs, booze, guns, fewer (more expensive) educational options and MASSIVE PROPAGANDA to keep enough useful idiots convinced that man-accelerated climate change is a hoax, the wealthy elite save money. Propaganda costs much less that adding new systems to reduce pollution, fossil fuel emissions and actually following currently-regulated procedures to prevent oil & chemical spills. .A last note: I read a small article in Feb 3rd Boston Globe that the last charges against BP personnel, who denied rig maintenance workers on the HORIZON platform to repair a failing seal, were dropped by Louisiana state prosecutors. As you may remember, BP reps on this rig in the Caribbean thought that the time lost to replace a major seal which was KNOWN, even by them, to be at imminent risk of failure, would cost too much MONEY. This criminal refusal led to a great explosion, killing eleven workers, and caused billions of barrels of thick crude oil to pollute the ocean and shorelands of southern states. BP, while still stalling payments to coastal citizens and small businesses (like Exxon did in Alaska), is at last off the hook. My point is once again, proved.