On Friday, the 27th of September, knowing that the IPCC report was to be released the author anxiously awaited the opening of the stock market to see what effect it would have on the fossil fuel related stocks.
...the overwhelming majority of oil, coal and gas reserves can never be fracked, drilled or mined, even though they are worth trillions of dollars on the balance sheets of those corporations. A suitably devastating prognosis for corporate survival that it would surely have to be reflected in market valuations the second the IPCC report went public.In a nutshell: capitalism and a healthy ecosystem are incompatible, and capitalism will always take priority with the wealth and power addicted ruling class. The author provides all the troubling, but realistic details; and explains why it is up to us to make the necessary changes.
Of course, that is not what happened.