With Rush Limbaugh and Joe Romm alike, emotions all too frequently run out of control. To a greater or lesser degree, it is also true of many other people. Which is one major reason why the climate problem has proven nearly impossible to deal with in an honest and effective manner. Emotions run very high, and intelligence very low, when it comes to a subject that involves both our lifestyles, and our most cherished political and philosophical constructs. 

Unlike Limbaugh, though, Romm understands that we are now in the “Anthropocene” epoch, and that it’s time to start acting accordingly. He also has useful things to say about climate change quite frequently. But in the end, he never fails to disappoint with his histrionics.