I don't mind bringing bad news (in the energy or financial fields), but I really can't be moved by the feeling of glee that some may have when reporting bad news.
I personally much prefer the alternative project attitude, like underlining the progress in wind energy (thanks to Jérôme) for example.
Isn't there any good perspectives to emphasise? Actions taken in front of the finance crisis that may be efficient? That's one of the drawbacks of bringing only bad news: you risk turning up as a prophet of doom. A free fox in a free henhouse!
We are being hit by a financial hurricane. The response is like that towards Katrina. Turning away from the ugly truths on display only gives the shock capitalist boys and girls more scope to operate. Paralysis by revulsion only abets those to whom revulsion is not possible--the sociopaths who have been in charge. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
What I'm feeling more comfortable is: what's happening is due to washington consensus policies during the last thirty years, now, if you don't want it to continue the same way, costing money to everyone, it's regulation time, and let's keep at it. A free fox in a free henhouse!
but it's therapeutic!
doom porn i mean...
kidding aside, i love the mix here. we don't ignore the worst, and we use vicious, nasty, black humour to try and cushion the shock, lashing out at shadows...
i agree about the positive stuff tho, it's great to see how and when things change for the better. i try to do this with solar, and jerome's successes with wind are welcome fodder after our tireless deconstructions of what's wrong with the world.
Yes We Can! ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
