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Originally Posted by ludahai  It is clear that the world's climate is changing. I don't think anyone can deny this. However, the cause is what is in question. It is entirely likely that it is a COMBINATION of man created causes AND nature (i.e. increased solar activity.) |
The Earths climate has been constantly changing since the earth's creation. The notion that man has somehow "created" this change or "exacerbated" change is extremely presumptuous and could be considered man-caused arrogance.
It is equally absurd to PRESUME that mere mortals can do anything that would STOP the current trend. But I guess what makes this issue continues to evolve and be taken so serious is that it makes us "feel good" thinking we can somehow "control" it.
I assure you at the risk of making you feel uncomfortable, that man cannot control or change the earth's environment.
If you take a yard stick as the time earth has been in existence, man's existence on the earth timeline amounts to about 1/100th of an inch on that yard stick. Long after man becomes extinct, the earth will continue to exist and the climate change and evolve without man's meager attempts to control it.
I am sorry; it would require an inconceivable willingness to suspend disbelief for me to think any other way.
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Originally Posted by ludahai HOWEVER, even if NONE of it is caused by mankind, we still have a vital interest in reducing pollution. Pollution of all kinds is detrimental to the earth and damaging to our health (both as individual humans as well as to not only the human species, but all other species on this planet.)
I believe the earth is God's creation and He commands us to be good stewards of the earth. Anyone who would argue that we have been good stewards of the earth (regardless of your religious beliefs) has a serious problem of "head-in-the-sand syndrome." We are damaging our own health as well as the health of our children and those who will come after them with the way we have treated this planet. |
We are in agreement with the above but with one element to regard, I do not believe in attempts to eliminate pollution at the risk of destroying the economy.
Unfortunately many of the environmental extremists, who have the ear of many Democrat politicians who love to pander and say anything that will get them elected, could care less about our economy and would be perfectly willing to drag our society back to the Stone Age or perhaps even destroy “man” for that matter.
This is where I, of course, part company with the radical extremists.
Yes, let's continue to develop ways to remove pollution; let's find alternative sources of powering our cars and aircraft; but let’s also use sensible legislation that does not create a false economy like the idiotic notion of "carbon credits" which is a simplistic way of making us "feel good" about ourselves but does little or NOTHING to reduce emissions.