I'm very happy to see that the danger of climate change finally is being takes (somewhat) serious. We have known for the last fifty years that we are doing ser

I'm very happy to see that the danger of climate change finally is being takes (somewhat) serious. We have known for the last fifty years that we are doing serious harm to our ecosystem and will run into disaster if we don't stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Exxon knew it by the 1970ies, so did Shell and Total and BP. How they have managed to hoodwink everyone into climate denialism[0] is beyond me, but I guess it has to do with the millions and millions that have been spent lobbying[1] local, national and global leaders. And that just illustrates the problem with our precious life support system[2]; it's a commons and as such not protected by anyone. If you can profit by externalizing costs created by damaging the ecosystem, it usually pays off. The damages will only appear years and years later and the perpetrators will all be long gone by the time the real consequences hit. Win-Win, I guess? Just imagine not having to pay the cleanup and reparation in the order of trillions of dollars and you _still_ get to keep the few billions you made? Amazing. If even economy-focused publications like .. well... The Economist are finally taking climate change serious, it makes me sad, because it just goes to show that the situation is dire indeed. Otherwise it would just be the Hippies that are concerned about 'Mothership Earth'. In the end I doubt that anything will change - but hey! - there's to hopin'. [0] Or as we nitpickers like to say; denial of the fact that the recent climatic changes have been caused by humans [1] bribing [2] Earth and it's diverse and wonderful ecosystems