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Anti-Climate Changers...what if you're wrong?

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  • 7 years ago
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    It's such a no-brainer.

    Quit burning oil or...

    Develop and implement clean energy or...

    Develop weather modification technology...

    It's probably going to take a combination of all three but to do nothing is dangerous, stupid and costly.

    The first option might destroy a few jobs in the oil sector but the other two would create jobs.....

    One more thing - Whether climate change is man-made or natural, create more jobs by moving populations out of known flood, drought and earthquake areas, they're only going to become more and more vulnerable to disasters........

  • Rich
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Wrong about what? About the increase in global temperature that didn't happen? About the catastrophe that accompanies 7 billion people, most of which is caused by greed and hatred, much like that propagated by Global Warming believers? That's what Global Warming is about: population control, not climate. Spending money on wind farms or solar power projects that spawn greed, that are inefficient, that end in failure...that is destructive to society. It has increased energy costs, in a very short time. Too short a time for proper adaptation and adjustment. If I'm right, we will have time to adapt and adjust with proper resources allocated not to scam power schemes, but to wise development and management of resources.

  • 7 years ago

    "Anti-Climate Changers" That would be me, as I don't think it is smart to change the climate if we can prevent it.

    If I am wrong the harm we will have done is by spending more money locally and on small projects (solar on the roof) rather then internationally (oil/coal) imports.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    The cosmic what-if question. This is the beauty of my stance. I am completely for making smart changes that allows us to reduce our CO2 output in an economically feasible manner. My methods would not only be MORE effective than the current warming solution of taxing every to death, but it would be far easier to pass through Congress.

    Personally, even if the climate change was larger than I expected, my paln works better, and I personally would rather have a strong economy when we have to deal with problems, than to have a weak economy.

    But I am not even going to ask you all to look at teh what-ifs. Look at the here and now. Do you want to stop third world countries from having power, when this woudl dramatically save lives? Do you want to pay a proposed tax, without even knowing the effect of the tax on the CO2 production, let alone the effect on the climate?

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  • Mike
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Who are the anti-climate changers you are referring? People who are against climate change, or skeptics of the science?

    Assuming you mean skeptics, if we are wrong then it means carbon emissions will increase a little bit more than they otherwise would, and the climate will warm an additional few tenths of a degree.

    China is the world's leading emitter, and with India accounts for one-third of climate emissions, more than USA and Europe combined.

  • 7 years ago

    I am guessing you mean those of us who do not believe in the concept of runaway Greenhouse warming. those of us who believe that human impact on climate is far overshadowed by natural processes?

    If so. What if we are wrong? (And we win the political debate)

    Well as the global economy, general economic and technical progress will NOT be over burdened by all of the regulations taxes etc that have been and are being proposed, the overall ability of mankind to deal with the likely scenarios will be greatly improved. If the event matches some of the warmistas propaganda, then we'll all be dead and will no longer care.

    If we are wrong and we lost the political debate?

    No harm no foul. We'll have egg on our faces.

    Perhaps you can answer what about if the AGW folks are wrong but win the political debate?

    Will the regulations go away?

    Will our taxes go down?

    Will we get our freedoms back?

    I doubt it...

  • 7 years ago

    Anti God/ Anti Bible/ pro communism (progressively advanced or otherwise) people;

    What if YOU'RE WRONG?!!

    We HAVE that answer;

    "Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by Tyrants" - William Penn.

    See the stories of the people living under Hitler, Stalin and Mao for undeniable examples.

    THAT is why the people of Ukraine are out in the streets as we read and write this.

    THEY have that answer and remember it.

    Climate has changed since EARTH DAY ONE. The "crisis" being sold is communist propaganda. Changes of the past make today's weather events look like a New England snow flurry in February.

    Climate change "crisis" deniers USE science to make the case and REJECT "Political" science.

  • 7 years ago

    We aren't wrong just look at the facts instead of watching news media and YouTube videos they don't mean anything ,

  • JimZ
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    The difference in future climate between us doing nothing and doing so much that it harms our way of life is probably next to nothing. If we are wrong, then we are wrong but I can't figure out how skeptics could be wrong. We are merely unconvinced. You however may be wrong.

  • 7 years ago

    That is an old snake oil salesman trick. Come up with something new.

    “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”—Voltaire

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