Weems,

do you know this author and this article? and the Aspen Skiing Company he refers to?

Anyway, this is an excellent article. And it has a great piece of art for an illustration.

Climate Revelations; An atheist concludes that he can't talk about climate without talking about God

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/4233

And the article ends with the following:

My forays into religious thinking revealed to me, above all, a desire within humanity to live in a dignified world. This is Walter Bennett’s vision while holding his grandchild; it’s what Bob Janes aspires to when he warms up his truck each morning in Juneau. Their urges, hopes, and desires are the deeply rooted, very powerful forces that have been part of human experience always.

This is a hopeful concept: maybe humans are hard-wired to durably engage, participate in, and relish the challenge of solving climate change, because it offers us a shot at just this dignity.

And maybe something even better: maybe we can’t help but do it.