5. The alcoholic thinks: "One more drink isn't going to kill me." The alcoholic is right. It's not the one drink, it's the process.
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6. Like alcoholism, our carbon-dependence is behavior that makes short term sense (drink makes us feel better, oil is cheap, strong energy)
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7. This pro-Keystone column is basically saying, "one more oil well isn't going to kill us." http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/new-language-same-old-story-on-keystone-from-climate-scientists/ …
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8. It's true that Keystone by itself is not going to destroy the planet. It's just another drink, one in a long series.
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9. Alcoholism is supported by an infrastructure: liquor stores, bars, drinking culture, enablers. Carbon-use also comes with infrastructure
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10. The infrastructure of addiction is a big reason why it's hard to change. Infrastructure makes addiction easy.
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11. Energy-use is never a simple market choice between competing products: it's a choice embedded in infrastructure.
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12. We use the energy-sources we do based on what's available, which is based on publicly built infrastructure (grids, pipelines, etc)
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13. If we take climate science seriously, we need to be moving away from carbon-economy & build an alternative infrastructure.
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14. Keystone is a lightening rod because it's an investment in a deadly status quo: giving an alcoholic a big liquor store gift certificate.
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15. To round out the analogy: addiction often requires an intervention before it ends. Keystone activism is that intervention.
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