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YOU to join with us as we focus citizen, governmental, and corporate decision makers on retaining democracy and prosperity amidst the transition to a new way of life. The end of the carbon (oil/coal) economy is a development that will impact every aspect of social life, and thus shape our future. It is the leadership of this generation who will determine what kind of a future that will be.
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A Letter to President Obama
Mr. President, we respect you and your advisors, and appreciate the enormity of the dilemmas you and all of us confront. When a great leader frames a great challenge, a resilient people will rise to meet the opportunity. And so we ask, Mr. President, that you tell the American people that we must:
1. Face reality. In a carbon-constrained world, true prosperity comes not from heedless growth, but from shared security, community, and liberty.
2. Prepare for the future. Conservation, with an emphasis on building a green economy and revitalizing struggling communities, offers cost-effective “found” energy, and the most immediate and long-term return on investment.
3. Lead the way. A substantial investment in renewable energy, with an emphasis on distributed solar and wind, offers the best hope for moving to a sustainable economy and environment.
Mr. President, lead us in creating a future worth inheriting. TBPCC- 2011
What kind of a world will we be living in?
It is indisputable
that the end of the petroleum-based economy is at hand. Within the next
half century, the resource and many others will be depleted beyond any
hope of recovery at a price that will sustain the present rate of usage.
It is indisputable
that the loading of the atmosphere with heat retaining gases, including
those produced consequent to human activity, is incompatible with the
long term survival of humanity on this planet.
It is necessary
for all intelligent citizens to take notice of these two
salient facts, and other coextant changes, to incorporate them into planning
for the human future. At present, it appears that this will mean some very
basic modifications to the way we live.
These facts call for us to think imaginatively about our situation, and to
summon all the creativity and critical thinking we can muster to build a new
society, one that will simultaneously enable the maximization of our individual
and collective potential, while adapting to the limits imposed upon us by
our careless indulgence of past follies.
We are an affiliate of The Post Carbon Institute.
350 PPM* The campaign to limit CO2 levels to a sustainable level before midcentury. Present plans still call for levels as high as 420 ppm. Newer research shows that this will allow for catastrophic effects on both humanity and the natural environment. The time to begin is now! *Parts per million of atmsopheric gases. The current level is over 385 at present. Learn more
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The Post Carbon Council is an adjunct of the
Humanist Society of the Suncoast
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment
remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and govern-ments stagger
under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis:
humanity has reached a fund-amental turning point in its economic history.
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Tampa
Bay Post
Carbon Council
6814 Charlotte Harbor Way, Tampa, Florida 33625-3765 Or,
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