Every few weeks or so, I see an online article about one expert or another who states that climate change is a hundred times worse than s/he thought.

Such statements or predictions are probably published in the hope they’ll wake people up. I wonder if they have the opposite impact. Perhaps they make the problem too large to grasp or make it sound like it’s too large for anyone to do anything about.

Personally, I would rather see climate change information disseminated in bite-sized chunks that include things individuals can do rather than in large-scale reports that no individual can address.

Most people don’t have the money, knowledge, clout, or other means of addressing large-scale warnings, much less separating the wheat from the chaff when politicians and experts are not on the same page about the dangers or the remedies.

We need facts we can trust. For example, some people say it’s pointless buying an electric car when the power for recharging facilities comes from power plants using fossil fuels. What about this? Can we have a discussion without bumping into people and groups with a vested interest?

Some people say that California’s approach–making everything connected to fossil fuels illegal–is the route all states need to follow. But is it? On the surface, that approach is pricing everything out of the range of manufacturers and buyers.

When the issue becomes partisan, we all lose and have no idea what we can personally due to benefit the planet.

–Malcolm

Malcolm R. Campbell is the author of contemporary fantasy, paranormal, and magical realism short stories and novels. Save money by buying all four Florida Folk Magic novels in one Kindle volume.