It astounds me that anyone can still take this position. Let's just pretend for a moment that there is still a measure of doubt that human activity has resulted in atmospheric change which has caused temperatures to rise and say that there is a ten or twenty percent chance that it is true. Is that really a risk you want to take? Is it really?
To not do anything is at best burying your head in the sand and leaving it for the next generation to sort out, and at worst, selfish and lazy.
I haven't seen anyone present an argument against climate change that hasn't hinged on economic points: it'll cause job losses, it'll mess up the economy, it'll cost too much money. And it makes sense that it's the Republican quarter who are saying this, but it's not an economic issue, it's a social one and that gives each and every one of us responsiblity in both cause and solution.
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Date: 2009-06-27 02:39 pm (UTC)To not do anything is at best burying your head in the sand and leaving it for the next generation to sort out, and at worst, selfish and lazy.
I haven't seen anyone present an argument against climate change that hasn't hinged on economic points: it'll cause job losses, it'll mess up the economy, it'll cost too much money. And it makes sense that it's the Republican quarter who are saying this, but it's not an economic issue, it's a social one and that gives each and every one of us responsiblity in both cause and solution.