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Originally Posted by Pierre
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Even if it *doesn't* happen, we will *still* have improved the planet by cutting down on pollution and avoiding exhausting non-renewable resources by creating renewable energy sources.
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And I was approaching it from the governments of the worlds point of view that will have to spend the billions of pounds investing in renewable energy.
You don't get it do you, the fact that the almighty dollar dictates what will happen. If renewable energy doesn't present a cost benefit ROI over a short period of time - it wont happen. |
And once again we're back to short term-ism and narrow mindedness that "it's not our problem, let someone else sort it out".
But it *IS* our problem, it's *our* planet and our children's planet and it would be an utter tragedy to look back in 50 years time and think "damn, why weren't we smart enough to do something about the problem when we had the chance"?
And you don't seem to realise that, yes, it may be the dollar/ pound/ euro/ whatever that dictates what happens, but this is *OUR* money!
*WE* are the ones giving it to the big companies and the governments and *WE* can say "if you don't spend it on sorting out this mess, we'll give it to someone else who will!"
All it needs is an effort of will on *OUR* part, rather than sitting back lazily and hoping it will all go away or that someone else will save us the hassle.
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*THAT* is something worth doing in any case.
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not if there isn't any profit in it, it isn't. There are not many countries or global companies that do things because they "are worth doing"
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There *IS* profit in it. Consider how much it would cost to build flood defences and resettle millions of people if sea levels do rise. Consider what could happen with droughts and masses starving.
There is also profit if people say "Hey, your company is not polluting the planet, I'm going to buy from you instead of company X who don't give a toss".
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But if it's a choice between doing nothing with the possibility of watching millions being displaced by rising sea levels and the chance of a new mini-ice age being caused by melting Arctic ice "switching off" the Gulf Stream or, on the other hand, making an *effort* to stop treating the planet as some huge rubbish dump, I know which I would choose.
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You've been watching to many films. Watch out for the 300ft lizards too.
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Oh dear, is this the best counter argument you can come up with?
I haven't been watching *any* films. I suggest you start looking at the science of this and stop trying to dismiss reasonable arguments with glib comments.
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Ah, "I'm all right Jack". What a publicly spirited citizen you are... 
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No I just couldn't give a toss
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"Grandad, why are we living in Cambridge on Sea now?"
"Well, son, it's because I didn't give a toss when I should have..."