Let Dave Roberts explain it to your Uncle Charlie

No, not that Dave Roberts, our newest San Diego County Supervisor, Dave Roberts of Grist.

by digby

"It's a stale trope that these family holiday gatherings are fraught with political arguments. But .. they often are. We may choose to live in our tribal encalves most of the time but for an awful lot of us, the family that hatched us isn't all of the same tribe.

Anyway, for the climate change argument, get out your nifty IPAD and show this to Uncle Charlie:"

How many of us used the temperatures given in Fahrenheit are lulled by seeming low number of 2 degrees Celsius?  In reality a 2 degrees Celsius rise means 35.6 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.  That is a horrible temperature rise, even for mild San Diego coastline temperatures. Update: Fixed math error.  This is horrible for ecosystems, tide and weather patterns, agriculture and lots of other interconnected things.  Plus it will be uncomfortable.

One can start today by changing the attitude that no waste in your life means deprivation.  This is on the personal level.  We can demand it of our new council on a local level (16 days, but who's counting?). There will be more climate change posts with email addresses and other thought provoking ideas from around the world and all over the net.

For the rest of your life make the impossible possible. Dave Roberts