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Originally Posted by Axeman
The Earth is warming, so you feeling it getting hotter over the past 25 years makes sense. We are coming out of an ice age. The debate would be (at least for me) how much of that slight increase over that span is due to natural forces and how much is man made. How good is the Earth at being able to adapt itself to survive wild changes over the course of history, and if given time will it adapt to man's influences. And lastly how much money and resources of the governments should be thrown at the issues.
For me, I think the impact of man on the increase is on the margins. I think the Earth has proven to be very adaptable. That doesn't mean I don't think its a good idea to have replanting rules when doing logging. I also think over fishing is a concern. I am not a fan of giving tax credits to green energy companies, or any energy company. Nor giving tax credits to people buying these things. Just as I think its bullshit for the government to give credits to oil and gas, or coal mines, or bailouts to car companies. When the demand and need is ready, things will fail or succeed on their own.
There is a balance to be found somewhere of what are good things to strive for, and what should be monitored but left to the free market to decide when something is ready for the masses. Trying to reduce smog and provide good air quality is a good thing. Keeping waterways clean is a good thing. Breathing and drinking water are keys to life.
Or maybe I should stop caring at all, and just go fullblown green and try to cash in on the bonanza. Al Gore is a smart man for seeing a cash cow and selling it.
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Then we will always disagree because I don't believe that leaving state of the planet to short term human consumption and greed is a good idea. I also think that the more money that can be thrown at alternatives to fossil fuel is money well spent, putting that in perspective trillions have been thrown at fossil fuels simply because the companies extracting them have been funding Governments worldwide for the past 100 years.
The only reason we don't have a better alternative right now is because of that.
And you better wake up real fast that there's a new world order, and billions more humans arriving, and a new energy source's will be needed to sustain that. If we remain dependant on fossil fuels its game over, more likely man made (war) than natural.
The country who needs clean, non fossil fuel based energy the most is China and if America and the rest of the world does not develop it.. they most certainly will and when that day comes.. and it will, USA and Russia will both be equally fucked along with most western countries and for no bigger reason than.. Oil companies don't rule China.