tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post7232050813881281837..comments2024-01-30T21:45:11.254+11:00Comments on Jabberwocky: Red in the morningArielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-46158988689087218072006-12-17T16:10:00.000+11:002006-12-17T16:10:00.000+11:00The bushfires are a worry, but I think we have lot...The bushfires are a worry, but I think we have lots of causes to be optimistic about the future. Humans are flexible, smart, and adaptable; I think we can continue making a better world for our kids. <br /><br />I feel I should mention that this post has caused me to write one of my own - a set of reflections on what people think and feel and say about climate change:<br /><br />http://alsblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/warbal-gloaming/TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-32175938649948564442006-12-16T17:53:00.000+11:002006-12-16T17:53:00.000+11:00Meva - you're probably right that it's better for ...Meva - you're probably right that it's better for the planet if we don't, but I can't be that altruistic. I want us to survive.<br /><br />Audrey - thanks for the observations - and the reading tip.<br /><br />RC- I can see the movie now. It's terrifying when life starts to resemble a Hollywood disaster movie. And yes, you're right on the money, there. Children of Men, too.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-58252221344685239702006-12-16T17:20:00.000+11:002006-12-16T17:20:00.000+11:00Now that I'm out of Blogger pergatory (O frabjous ...Now that I'm out of Blogger pergatory (O frabjous day!), I can comment again. Hurrah!<br /><br />Climate change makes me think of the beginning of a disaster movie where they take a little time to introduce the people who are going to die or be heroic and set the scene with some TV news items that would seem innocuous if you didn't know you were watching a film called, "It was such a lovely day until that volcano we thought was dormant went off and burned everyone to death".<br /><br />And do I detect a hint of the influence of The Road, Ariel?redcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916750858980883634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-10477198059450052152006-12-15T01:00:00.000+11:002006-12-15T01:00:00.000+11:00It reminds me of the scene in The Magician's Nephe...It reminds me of the scene in The Magician's Nephew when the Professor as a boy first finds Jadis in her dying world. There's a particularly vivid description of a huge red sun, burning to its last embers in the final breaths of thy dying world. <br /><br />I'm frightened by our future. I think we can safely say that our children won't have the lives we had. But hopefully a small percentage of us will last long enough to begin again with a better respect for the planet.<br /><br />I'm just on the last book of Scott Westerfeld's Uglies/Pretties/Specials trilogy. It's for Young Adults, so it's sort of teen, but it's a pretty scary/cool/frightening/hopeful vision of the future. I highly recommend it if have a couple of days free to read them all.audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323195108685705355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-17382477167450577582006-12-14T13:38:00.000+11:002006-12-14T13:38:00.000+11:00It is a frightening time, and not just for Victori...It is a frightening time, and not just for Victoria and Tasmania. If the icecaps melt, then entire countries will get wiped out.<br /><br />But our little world has come through disasters before. I wonder what species will survive the current impending changes. It would be better for the planet if we don't. We are like selfish, voracious locusts, really.mevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006090511428184077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-39674715739424061952006-12-14T11:25:00.000+11:002006-12-14T11:25:00.000+11:00Mike - like I said on your post, thank YOU.
Galax...Mike - like I said on your post, thank YOU.<br /><br />Galaxy - I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds it eerie and portentous.<br /><br />Kate - God that's terrifying. I was in such a poor state of mind last night that I had to avoid all environmental news. I guiltily skipped an ominous headline on Crikey, something like 'The State of Our Planet'. Even though I know that's a bad and irresponsible reaction. (It was just temporary!)<br /><br />I've decided to try to take my hope from the small things - like the Greens getting the balance of power in the Vic Senate today.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-41435557907047266222006-12-14T10:45:00.000+11:002006-12-14T10:45:00.000+11:00I heard a story on the news last night about how b...I heard a story on the news last night about how by 2040 there probably won't be any ice in the Arctic come summer. No ice. It will ice up over winter, but essentially the northern polar ice cap will be a seasonal thing. That's huge, and terrifying.<br /><br />We do have to change the way we live, and it needs to be done now, and no-one seems to have the will to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-64165907756974077882006-12-13T23:30:00.000+11:002006-12-13T23:30:00.000+11:00I saw that sun on the news. It reminded me of the...I saw that sun on the news. It reminded me of the one over Brisbane once, after there had been a volcano eruption, in the Phillipines, I think. It's eerie and, yes, portentous.Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-28236842338741422112006-12-13T23:14:00.000+11:002006-12-13T23:14:00.000+11:00Thanks for this Ariel. You've inspired my own post...Thanks for this Ariel. You've inspired <a href="http://mike.brisgeek.com/2006/12/13/fault-lies-elsewhere/">my own post</a>.<br /><br />February's bushfires in December, with the promise of worse to come. Change is happening; some of it may be natural but the majority is caused my unsustainable development. The first change we need to make is in our hearts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com