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Originally Posted by metalic
The three stages of climate change denial:
1) claim that there is no climate change; when this gets untenable go to:
2) claim there is climate change but it's not caused by human activity; when this gets untenable go to:
3) claim that there is climate change, caused by human activity, but we can do nothing about it.
It is no coincidence that each of these "beliefs" let's the believer get off without having to do anything.
Other than continually referring to it as "global warming" so they can point to a bit of snow and go back to Stage 1.
The vast majority of scientists now accept that the average temperature of the Earth is rising.
Yes, the climate has always been in a state of change, but it is the RATE of the current change that is unprecedented, and clearly linked to the amount of greenhouse gases that humans have been pumping into the atmosphere since the start of industrialization. The current rate of change is so fast that nature can't keep up.
But nothing anyone says will convince the climate change deniers that they are wrong, as being wrong means they don't have to do anything different and can continue to live profligate, wasteful lives.
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So my personal belief is that if the climate is changing in an adverse fashion to human life (it's always changing, BTW) that the way to address it is via engineering and adaptation. Thinking we can change the climate of an entire planet with EV, solar panels, and wind turbines is the height of hubris, IMO. Of course, we should look for ways to reduce pollution that meet a cost/benefit analysis. But CO2 is not a pollutant, it is a necessary component of the air we breath that supports plant life.
But I wanted to address your last point (I put it in bold). You are accusing people that don't buy into the "human caused/human fixable" climate change theory that they are "profligate and wasteful". I would like a better definition of that, and examples of how you live your life differently from those that you accuse of being "profligate and wasteful". Thanks in advance.