Re: OT:Thanksgiving

Judson McClendon wrote:
"Alistair" <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Judson McClendon" <ju...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The situation with global warming is different. If you global warming advocates
are wrong, a vast amount of money will have been wasted and a lot of draconian
laws will have been passed, damaging personal freedom (a vastly important thing)
for no reason and no benefit. A total waste. But if global warming is happening,
we will know for certain at some point and will deal with it then. If global
tempratures have increased only one degree in a century, we aren't going to be
fried in another 50 years, or even 100 years, if it takes that to know. And it
would be expected that by then we would have better technology to deal with it
if necessary. If we blow ourselves up in a war in the meantime, it becomes moot.


Racial survival is not a good enough reason?

The ability of our grandchildren to survive is of no benefit?

Spending money is like Tom Sawyer painting the fence. Once we accept there will be a huge price, we can start to build. We need to replace our highway systems with a rail system, for example. That is minor compared to moving cities inland. We've already started that with New Orleans, we'll get use to Coastal Cities failing and moving. Make sure your land assets are at least 10 feet above sea-level. Floods will be more common ... this is the *best* scenario, and the longer we wait, the worse it gets.

I'd not worry about getting fried. Maybe a little scorched, but we'll be shy of oil for scorching. BTW, "for certain at some point" looks like it translates to "way past the point of no return" to me. "Then" has to mean "a fifty year period" in practical terms. You cannot make climate adjustments for a year, and expect to see a change.

Donald
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