Comments on: I’M DREAMING OF A GREY CHRISTMAS http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/ Charting the disconnect between climate science and action Mon, 14 May 2012 04:17:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Neill http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Neill Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:18:40 +0000 http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/#comment-853 Maybe we do get less snow, but be aware what you see on TV is a myth. Its just like Santa Claus - a fantasy. There's no harm with a bit of fun this time of year. Maybe we do get less snow, but be aware what you see on TV is a myth. Its just like Santa Claus – a fantasy. There’s no harm with a bit of fun this time of year.

]]> By: Stephen O'Kane http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Stephen O'Kane Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:16:16 +0000 http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/#comment-584 A warning: be careful not to take too seriously the fantasies peddled by modern consumerism, that is, by confusing them with the myths of an earlier culture seeking to confront the outside world. Often children still learn about the environment in reality, but cannot learn how to act on that learning when they grow up. A warning: be careful not to take too seriously the fantasies peddled by modern consumerism, that is, by confusing them with the myths of an earlier culture seeking to confront the outside world. Often children still learn about the environment in reality, but cannot learn how to act on that learning when they grow up.

]]> By: Oliver Tickell http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Oliver Tickell Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:32:48 +0000 http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/#comment-441 Think also of the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Bears ... animals long extinct in Britain which live on only in fairy tales. Think also of Australia - where Father Christmas arrives on sledge with reindeer in midst of midsummer heat! Myth has a powerful hold on our minds ... often more powerful than the reality we witness with our senses. Think also of the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Bears … animals long extinct in Britain which live on only in fairy tales.

Think also of Australia – where Father Christmas arrives on sledge with reindeer in midst of midsummer heat!

Myth has a powerful hold on our minds … often more powerful than the reality we witness with our senses.

]]> By: Jack Betterly http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Jack Betterly Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:02:27 +0000 http://climatedenial.org/2006/12/19/i%e2%80%99m-dreaming-of-a-grey-christmas/#comment-426 This was a fine post, and informative for an American who knew it was bad in Europe, but not exactly how bad. There is an important point you have neglected - that all of the fake snow will be a subconscious testimony to the idea that "science and technology will be able to take care of anything." This was a fine post, and informative for an American who knew it was bad in Europe, but not exactly how bad. There is an important point you have neglected – that all of the fake snow will be a subconscious testimony to the idea that “science and technology will be able to take care of anything.”

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