On August 11, 2019 at 11:27, BizarroTerl said...
In another forum I entered a discussion on global warming. I monitor several news sources and understand the critical urgency of this issue
It seems the deniers cannot converse logically about it, can only quote/link known zero reputation sites, and then stoop to the same old "liberal plot" attacks when pressed.
Why is this?
I think it is too easy to look at it as two monoliths. (i.e is there global warming? yes/no)
someone could go with no for many reasons.
-- selfish denier --- I will be dead before it becomes a problem, so I don't care
-- economic denier --- my life is expensive enough if accepting we need to do something about it makes life more expensive then I would rather we wait to do something.
-- benefit denier --- for example
[Link: business.financialpost.com]…
even on the yes side things are not that simple. Are we too late, can we do it painlessly, how Much should we spend....
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For me it is a big issue and one we need to try and address and spend a bit of cash fixing it. On the other hand I think some crazy ass schemes could have even wort effects then doing nothing. I think we need to decrease our reliance on burning fossil fuels, I think we need more stringent rules for burning fossil fuels.