Witnessing plot of climate denial in Bush Whitehouse; how the 1% control us; climate fiction "cli fi" new and old; why predictions of the cost of stopping climate change are ridiculous.
All interviews by Alex Smith
Incidental music by Alex Smith
In the 58 minute radio version, interrupt the program for station ID's if necessary at these break points: 20:25 and 36:15
This week we're going to stretch our minds into a developing future beyond any human experience. We'll talk to authors in the new genre of climate fiction - cli fi - the classics and new writers.
Right off the bat, we run into climate denial and the way the 1 percent control the rest of us.
The show closes with a new study revealing estimates of the cost to fix climate change are misleading, wrong, and a waste of time. That's just as the IPCC reports on the cost of reducing climate damage or letting it run rampant over the planet.