Kinda like in the wake of an erupting volcano the people of the village spend all of their time and resources trying to plug the volcano instead of evacuating and fleeing the lava flows.
We have chosen the futile path, instead of the path of survival.
Very true.
If we could affect the climate, we’d already have a fully functional Cheney-Halliburton “Weather Dominator”.
Cooooobrraaaaaaa!!!!!
Or, closer to home, trying to appease the "volcano god" (read: Mother Gaia) by "sacrificing virgins" (read: cap-n-trade and other greenomania).