India, Sept. 14 -- Jonathan Franzen has finally seen the light. Unfortunately, it has blinded him. The distinguished American novelist and essayist wrote a piece in the current issue of The New Yorker entitled What If We Stopped Pretending? Stopped pretending that the climate apocalypse is not going to sweep us all away, he means. As he writes: "To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can't prevent it."
It's very elegant, philosophical, Marcus Aurelius-lite. Yes, we have wasted 30 years and not cut our global emissions at all. Yes, we are heading for the 'never exceed' average global temperature of +2degC. And yes, that means there will be famines, huge waves of climate refugees, a lot of killing at borders - and then it will get reall...