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You do realize that the consequences of global warming are real, right? Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, mass extinctions, etc. represent threats to the
by brianberns 9y ago
You do realize that the consequences of global warming are real, right? Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, mass extinctions, etc. represent threats to the sustainability of civilization.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoBut civilization itself depends upon free trade, industry, and cheap energy. http://www.moralcaseforfossilfuels.com/ http://www.moralcaseforfossilfuels.com/ "With more politicians in climate science than scientists, the refining fire of debate has devolved into the burning of heretics. Alex Epstein’s The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels may make your blood boil, but his cool reason and cold, hard facts will lead us beyond hysterics to a much better future." - Peter Thiel
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- brianberns 9y agoYeah, and it used to depend on slavery too.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoIt still does in many countries - but it shouldn't, and doesn't have to. That is a problem we could bring diplomatic weight to bear on, but yay cheap shoes I guess :/
- fivestar 9y agoBut the solution was never those Paris accords. There was no solution in that, just more dead ends for regular Americans. How is that helpful? Nothing gets fixed, but vulnerable populations become more vulnerable?
- mattnewton 9y agoLet's do nothing then, and keep our good American coal jobs to the end. /s