Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. Archived Message Posted by Ian M on October 3, 2019, 6:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .." Yes, that's important context to take into account, and maybe some russians, chinese and the people he references in other african and asian countries will be looking at the movement with trepidation, as a potential tool to halt or slow the development of their economies and keep them in subservient export/debt-economy status beneath the industrialised nations which already burned through most of their oil reserves to get where they are today. The contraction and convergence proposal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_and_convergence) was meant to address this justice side of emissions reductions, with developed nations taking the biggest hit while developing nations were permitted some continued growth. Moot of course, since everything about the global dominant culture pushes for maximum extraction of resources everywhere, no matter what the cost... To his credit Putin appears to have moved on from joking that 'climate change would simply mean people in Russia would have to spend less money on fur coats' to admitting that 'the effects of climate change were worsening and [linked] directly to natural catastrophes, citing government data that shows that Russia is warming two and a half times faster than the rest of the planet. "If we don't do anything, then fast-paced technological development will only intensify the whole range of environmental challenges we are facing," ' - https://www.dw.com/en/russias-lone-climate-protester-pushes-for-fridays-for-future-movement/a-50599019 Dunno what he's doing about it though, and Russia's massive extraction and export of oil & gas is a problem I doubt he has any kind of motivation for addressing (though I take your point about the effects of sanctions and forced isolationism). cheers, I Message Thread: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - Shyaku October 2, 2019, 9:59 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - turtleman October 2, 2019, 10:37 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - Mary October 2, 2019, 11:07 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - Ian M October 2, 2019, 11:25 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - turtleman October 3, 2019, 1:46 am Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - brooks October 3, 2019, 1:59 pm Yes ... - Shyaku October 3, 2019, 10:33 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - brooks October 3, 2019, 3:16 pm Fact check: DmitryO has said several times that Russia could stop exporting fossil hydrocarbons - Rhisiart Gwilym October 3, 2019, 4:43 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - turtleman October 3, 2019, 6:07 pm Quite. - Thomas Newfield October 3, 2019, 6:18 pm Re: Quite. - Shyaku October 3, 2019, 10:39 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - Thomas Newfield October 3, 2019, 6:14 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - Ian M October 3, 2019, 6:27 pm Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - Shyaku October 3, 2019, 5:20 am Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - Poster123 October 3, 2019, 1:26 am Re: Puntin reads my posts :-) .. - turtleman October 3, 2019, 1:37 am Media Lenns - George Brennan October 3, 2019, 12:08 pm To HELL with Medialens! - turtleman October 3, 2019, 11:28 pm Re: To HELL with Medialens! - Adamski October 4, 2019, 12:34 am Re: To HELL with Medialens! - Sinister Burt October 4, 2019, 12:55 pm Re: To HELL with Medialens! - turtleman October 4, 2019, 1:56 pm Re: To HELL with Medialens! - Sinister Burt October 4, 2019, 4:39 pm Re: To HELL with Medialens! - turtleman October 5, 2019, 2:28 am Re: To HELL with Medialens! - Sinister Burt October 5, 2019, 11:59 am Re: To HELL with Medialens! - turtleman October 5, 2019, 1:44 pm Re: To HELL with Medialens! - Sinister Burt October 5, 2019, 4:09 pm Re: To HELL with Medialens! - turtleman October 5, 2019, 11:51 pm Structural functionalism - Keith-264 October 5, 2019, 2:21 pm Thanks George. An excellent and important alert. The glimpse into the power of mass mobilization - brooks October 4, 2019, 2:24 pm   Searching