| Kasz216 said: I'd care more if it wasn't for the fact that most of the stuff you can do to "stop" global warming is good for the country anyway. I'm just worried that not enough money is going to how to legitamitly stop global warming. IE, when we figure out we aren't causing it trying to stop it in a way that isn't conservation. I know of a seaweed project to do it... and that's about it. |
I definitely agree with you here. Most of the traditional sources of "global warming" relate to energy, particularly fossil fuels. Relying on fossil fuels so heavily has helped drive our economy into the ground, and while oil reserves may not run out for 100 to 200 years, we might as well be ready for when they do. It will benefit our economy if we produce our own energy too. That seems pretty common sense to me.
Solar panels have already gotten significantly better in the last 15 years (some even store energy in hydrogen cells to use at night) as well as cheaper. There are plenty of other means of renewable energy too, like wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, etc.
And why not build more nuclear plants? It is way more efficient than anything else. Albeit we need to solidify the nuclear waste and store it in the right kind of rock formations as to not contaminate the water table.
So pretty much it is a win, win. And many of the other environmental crises people claimed to be hoaxes in the past (such as holes in the ozone layer, severe deforestation, the use of harmful pesticides like DDT) were very true. I don't see any reason why we shouldn't lesson our carbon emissions when it will actually help our economy be more self-sufficient.
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