Climate, Energy, Morality, and How We Thrive as a Species on a Finite Planet

We tell ourselves stories to help us cope with existence, but too often we bend our stories to fit a misguided, destructive, and utterly unsustainable worldview.

In this revised audio version of a 2019 article I published in Medium, we begin with a tight shot on Venezuela and the Trump administration’s recent military action and claim to its oil. From there, we slowly pan back and consider the moral grounding of a civilization convinced of its “God-given” right to extract, destroy, and dominate, if it means there is more energy to burn.

We can find a better way to live, one based on our fundamental, biological morality.

Resources:

1. The Climate of Our Moral Character on Medium
2. Deliver Us From Evil: How Biology, Not Religion, Made Humans Moral
3. Greta Thunberg UN Speech Transcript
4. Politico: Energy secretary plans visit to Venezuela — but says Trump isn’t focused on its oil riches
5. CNBC: What Big Oil Executives Told Trump About Investing in Venezuela
6. Top 10 Countries with the Largest Confirmed Oil Reserves
7. Earthbound Podcast Home
8. GlobalWarmingisReal.com