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A thought about climate change

I know most people want everyone to be for or against climate change whichever those people are espousing. Well, climate change is in fact one of the few constants of this planet. The climate will change whether we want to accept it or not. It is reality. How much impact we can have on the direction of climate change remains to be seen. How much sacrifice we as a species are willing to make to control the direction of climate change remains to be seen. In my experience those who talk the most about the dangers of climate change are the least willing to sacrifice to make a difference. And then there is the question of whether we would do harm or good for the planet if we could manipulate climate to our desires. In fact, it is not clear if we would do harm or good for ourselves as a species if we could manipulate climate to our tastes. We as a species have a track record of creating unintended consequences by our actions. And we as a species are not guaranteed immunity to the law...

novel's prologue

War has a heavy hand that bruises everyone it touches no matter how slight and passing the touch. Even those who never experienced more than the Cold War grew up marked by that experience.  " Duck and cover" were words carved into children's hearts across America and perhaps across Russia as well.       In my childhood people built bomb shelters underground in their backyards and openly discussed whether to shoot neighbors who tried to enter their shelters, making no attempt to hide those discussions from their children.       I went to one school that required students in k thru 8 to wear military style dog tags on chains around their necks. We were inspected for those metal tags every morning and those who forgot them were sent home.       We all understood that the tags were intended to identify us if we died in school. My father explained tha...