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- Thomas Neuburger
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Stranded Assets and Our Climate Future
A week of travel so nothing new today. I’ll offer this though, something from a few years ago that’s even more relevant now: "Stranded Assets and Our Climate Future".
If I may suggest it, pay attention to what’s at the end, the “solutions” part.
As Thomas Ferguson shows, voters have already lost control of the system. Our leaders are hired by who pays them, and that’s not us. But it’s not an impossible problem, just a difficult one. The trick is to not over-constrain the solution by adding requirements that eliminate the actual answer. “The solution must be market-driven” is such a requirement. “The solution must be political, electoral” is another.
The solution will be what we make it, will work or not depending on its design, which depends on our analysis. As I wrote: Work backward from the end — zero fossil fuel use by 2050. What has to happen to cause that? Make a list.
A Musical Treat
Many are taken by the music of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. None of their songs, to my mind, is more tender than this. Enjoy this magnificent version from the 2001 Tribute to Brian Wilson at the Radio City Music Hall.
Note the opening, which brings the chords and changes to the front. There’s a major seventh and minor sixth in the line “made my heart come all undone,” which gives it special grace.