We are embroiled in a 'David and Golaith' confrontation

The confrontation
of big and small.

Those of us concerned about the unfolding realities of climate change find ourselves in something of a “David and Goliath” confrontation.

The fossil fuel industry, on the face of it, has a seemingly bottomless fund of money, influence because of well-placed people in critical positions giving them the ear of our decision makers and, critically, the unconscious support of a society which has not yet realised the consequences of climate change or how they will have to behave to counter it.

So Goliath towers above David, who stands apparently impotently to one side with few defences with only facts, sound science and an enthusiasm that puts people ahead of profit and a concern that equates humanity’s well-being with the preservation with a habitable world; a world that reflects what has been for some 10 000 years, but which is now being damaged by a disrupted climate.

In a classic David and Goliath confrontation, The Guardian has written in a story headed: “Conservative groups spend up to $1bn a year to fight action on climate change” that the massive spend is aimed at denying climate change science and opposing any action on climate change.

 

What is overlooked by many is that the "David" in this battle have an implacably ally -  nature.