Needed narratives

# 4098

In many conversations that touch on climate issues, the conversation seems awkward. I've come to think that most people do not have a reasonable narrative about where we are in history much less what's going on with the climate. A good conversation is somewhat like a chess-game - each participant should have a view of the board and the possible moves. Playing with someone who can only see to squares ahead is not fun to play with, much less a conversation, like real conversations that move like the horse.

An example; of a weak but common narrative:

A: What do you think is causing climate change?

B: Burning fossil fuel.

A: Where?

B: in cars

A: Anywhere else??

B:In trucks

A: What might be a solution?

B: Clean energy

A: What happens when we burn clean energy?

B: it goes into the air and is invisible;

A: Is that what we mean by clean?

B: Yes. I think so,

Such a poorly developed mind cannot enter into the narrative without a lot of help.