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Key insight: James Hansen

• The key insight James Hansen conveys is that
  • the key to rapid system change is
    • WHAT? the rapid emergence of a new, third political party that does not take money from special interest lobbys.
    • WHY? Hit the Achilles heel of the Fossil Fuel industry
    • HOW? widespread citizen / youth campaign to elect new youth leaders across the US and around the globe
    • WHEN? Timing is critical. In the US,
      • Don't spoil the vote for the two party system in 2024 elections. Better to have a democracy than a dictatorship.
      • Realistically, likely have to wait to be a contender in the 2028 election.

reference

• paper - Global Warming in the Pipeline
  • https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Foocc%2Farticle%2F3%2F1%2Fkgad008%2F7335889&group=world
• Michael Mann's critique of the paper
  • https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmichaelmann.net%2Fcontent%2Fcomments-new-article-james-hansen&group=world