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hoolstoptheheels

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I don't believe that. And I think we now know enough from carbon dating,


tree rings, and far more sophisticated techniques to know that what is happening now is unprecedented in the history of the planet. This isn't a gradual, evolutionary change that once saw vast oceans over large swaths of now landlocked areas, or warmer areas that once rested at or closer to the Equator but are now positioned very differently due to plate tectonics.

This is a massive change just over the past 100 to maybe 200 years. Population growth is part of the problem, sure, but if we powered our lives with non-carbon producing alternatives, well, that would be less of a problem, and no problem at all with respect to simply generating more power.

A fatalistic attitude like the one you just showed would never survive in business. Something of this relative potential magnitude - an existential risk - would undoubtedly be a very actively managed risk.

It's only the irrationality of politics which leads us to surrender to these poorer aspects of human nature and be so totally complacent. A CEO acting similarly would be fired.
[Post edited by hoolstoptheheels at 01/02/2020 4:06PM]

(In response to this post by Tuckahokie)

Posted: 01/02/2020 at 1:58PM



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