rstuart,

It's clear that our Governments, supposedly acting in our best interests are, in fact, doing precisely the opposite. If the majority can be made to understand that, then we stand a chance of fixing things.

The task may appear extremely formidable, but I don't think we should throw in the towel just yet.

I don't see rising costs of oil and coal as necessarily a good thing. I think this is most likely going to lead to the poorest paying a disproportionately high cost for the crisis, whilst the elites who have caused the mess in the first place will be free to continue to consume profligately whilst the planet goes to hell. We need to end that situation and we need to find ways now to live comfortably whilst consuming no more than the quantities of natural resources that our grandparents and great grandparents did.

If they could do it, then so can we.