and yet I still hear "ordinary" folks talking about the Oregon Petition as proof that there is no consensus.

there seems to be a vague correlation between rightwing politics and climate change denial, and aside from the obvious alignment (capitalism ueber alles, money-worship) I wonder if there are not deeper structural reasons for this.  worth thinking about... it is possible that a decade of nonstop disasters could finally discredit the liberal and neoliberal economic model for good-n-all.  but oh gods, at what a price...

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...