RICHARD FERNANDEZ: Gaia As The Opiate Of The Masses. “Speaking of God, here are the minutes of an academic meeting which concludes that religion has to be revived in order to justify the fight against Global Warming. . . . Fasting, abstinence, penitence, chastity, self-denial, meditation are about to make a comeback. Not in the name of Christ, or Moses or the Buddha it’s true — but for Gaia at least.”

Well, to be fair, David Brin had this idea a long time ago.