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The Boiling Pot

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From	Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com>
Subject	The Boiling Pot
Date	2016-05-31 19:01 -0500
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The Boiling Pot
> http://www.postcarbon.org/the-boiling-pot/


> On the surface, things appear normal. The status quo of life in
> America circa 2016 isn’t to everyone’s liking, but at least the
> system is still working after a fashion. The price of oil is going up
> a bit: that means the cost of driving is also creeping higher, but
> steeper prices provide a little welcome relief for an oil industry
> otherwise teetering on the brink of financial ruin. There are
> tiresomely long lines at airports, but that means people have the
> wherewithal to pay for plane tickets. Most people are disgusted with
> the presumptive U.S. presidential candidates, but at least the
> machine of electoral politics is still marginally functioning. The
> stock market is up, unemployment is down. We’re muddling through.
>
> Or are we? Beneath the lid, a pot of trends is coming to a boil. If
> Carl Jung was right about the existence of a collective unconscious,
> it must be seething with nightmares right about now.
>
> So far, 2016 is the hottest year in history. And not by just a
> smidgen: every single month so far has set a record. This handy
> little animation has been making the rounds of environmental websites
> in the last couple of weeks; it shows a climate system that is
> shooting off the rails.


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