Politiscience....Global Warming

It doesn't matter whether the planet is very resiliant or wether human ingenuity will make the banana survive the century. What does matter is how expensive the process will be. Certainly an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Originally Posted by Watts

Uhh yes they are. Don't just blame our government. How many people do you know have stopped flying, stopped driving, stopped using electricity, stopped buying stuff, stopped eating organic food they haven't grown themselves, and overall just stopped or lessened their consumption of goods/services?

Not many.... if at all any.

Because it's unreasonable to ask people to go on Walden-esque retreats. Nigga's gotta work, nigga's gotta eat. And for all the personal sacrifices someone has to make to unhook themselves from the grid*, it won't make a lick of difference. A larger trend in society would, and efficency changes in industry better still.

Also I like people who get defensive because America is seen as being anti-environment, and then go on to say that global warming isn't a big deal because some predictions didn't come true. Why get defensive when it's true? Embrace your flaws. It's more interesting than screeching liberal bias, Wesker.

* christ I hate that phrase.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

Well, and I agree. The largest problems are economic, but, as usually happens, when people/companies/goverments jump into a problem without thinking it through thoroughly, they end up spending a fuckload more money in the end, which is what Kyoto would have done (maximum cost for minimal impact).

Can't argue with that, but at the same time

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And we'll certainly protect the animals we like.

Animals and plants go extinct every day, ones we don't even know about, so that's not really much of it.

is an exceptionally short-sighted and expensive line of thinking.

There's nowhere I can't reach.