Moving On: Oct. 16, 2007

Well, the cold rain is back today, just like in the last blog, but I am really moving forward in the decision making arena. Al Gore and the IPCC are Nobel Laureates together and Al Gore has said that we are ALMOST in crisis mode re climate change. This means that things have to be done right now or stage 1` will be in place. What do I think? I have noticed that not a single Republican has praised Al on his being a Nobel Laureate. If they think this is just political, they had better get ready for the morning that they wake up with only half a bank account, for example. As for me, I think now if I get the Residency Visa, I will just stick it out for the cold weather, and maybe just go for 1 month to pick up my things in India. I only have to go to Varanasi and McLeodGanj. I have all kinds of warm clothes and a sleeping bag; my back-up copy for the digital photos all on CD; lots of books. So, I will have everything in one place and can continue fixing up a place. When he (Al Gore) announced that he considers the crisis to be
immanent, I changed my time frame for here in Kathmandu. I will stay here for 2 years and see what happens. First, it was a 5 year time span collapsed down to 2. I had a short visit with Cyndy Williams from McLeodGanj and was very surprised at some of her attitudes about things. She is a Dentist and lives in San Francisco, but she said she does not think the science behind An Inconvenient Truth is very good and really weakens the argument; I said that the argument has now been backed up by a majority of climate scientists to validate his point of view. Actually, I think the original hypothesis came from Goddard, and Al Gore made it readable for the rest of the world. In spite of all of this, I think our chances are less than 50% for winning. We have a good chance, but have no idea what will happen.

These are my thoughts for today.