I agree. I consider myself a techno-cornucopian, and a political doomer.

We could solve these problems, but we won't.

That's really the most frustrating part of all of this. It doesn't have to be this way, but it will.

You and I might disagree on the level of mitigation possible but more and more I think it's moot.

Politics are barrier 1
Disaster capitalists are barrier 2
Foreign bad actors are barrier 3

Mix this all in with a healthy dose of denial, BAU and a credit crisis and I think we're toast.