Locknuts on 19 January 2016
| pokoko said: The way I see it, the odds are good that human waste emissions are, at the least, exacerbating climate change. At the worst, they're the main catalyst. If we try to minimize the damage and it turns out that they aren't a major factor, then what is the real harm? However, what if we do nothing and the outcome is that they are really bad and the world is irreversibly screwed? Will people just go, "oops, my bad?" Logic would say to err on the side of caution, especially since we know other pollutants have caused irrefutable damage to the environment. Honestly, though, the one thing that really, really bugs me is how many people form their opinions on this based solely on the stance of their political party of choice and whichever political entertainer they follow. Think for yourself, people. |
Demonising cheap sources of power like coal could cause hundreds of millions of deaths in developing nations like India and China. The west would recover, but once again the poorest people in the world would suffer.
I think renewable energy is a wonderful thing for those who can afford it but I also think that with the most recent research indicating low climate sensitivity to CO2 that we should allow developing nations to continue burning coal, while developed nations gradually move towards geothermal, nuclear, fusion and better solar technologies as they can afford it.
I think we should continue moving towards renewables, but just not at an economically irresponsible rate.
