Thread: Climate Change - record World temp. rises in Feb.
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Old 18-04-2019, 12:37   #252
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Re: Climate Change - record World temp. rises in Feb.
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Why not look at it this way:

If you're right and the majority of the scientists are wrong then the result of reducing emissions, switching to cleaner renewable energy and generally reducing our impact on the environment will be cleaner air and a more scalable way of meeting human needs for energy.

If they're right and you're wrong then we've damaged the environment and imperilled the living conditions for future generations.

Since we don't have the ability to conduct an experiment to see categorically what will happen in the future surely it's best to go with option one. If we're wrong then the world is no worse a place really, if we're right then future generations will thank us.

The carbon traders will say anything to ensure this nice little earner continues for as long as possible.


That I said I suspect the fact it's future generations that'll be impacted is the real reason for the lack of urgency. This isn't a society which has placed long-term thinking ahead of immediate gratification.

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What this ignores is the billions upon billions that are being spent on what may not be a problem in the first place.

Sustainable energy should be with us anyway in 50 years because by then we will have mastered the science of nuclear fusion. I don't buy the stories that are being spread about this being an emergency. Both global temperatures and carbon have been much higher in the past, and there was nothing exponential about that.

The carbon traders will say practically anything to maintain their nice little earner industry.
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