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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." Climate change is the ultimate version of this. Al

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." Climate change is the ultimate version of this. Almost no one wants to believe that our civilization is heading for total collapse caused by it's own waste. No one wants to revert to an agrarian society, they want to eat out and be entertained. Hence the angry replies and downvotes.

PM_me_your_math 3y ago
If the so-called "total collapse" threat was real, then Obama, Gore, DiCaprio and all the other ocean-front mansion owners wouldn't have 1) bought the home or 2) been able to insure it. So why cripple our economies, ruin our lives, increase our food, transportation, and energy costs? Because of faith? Dire climate-related predictions from the church of climatology date back to the 1960s. Hundreds of them. Not a single one has ever come true. Not one. But we should believe it now? Catastrophic changes happen over geologic time. There isn't a tax which can stop a natural process, so why bother? Even if the stated sea level rise is accurate (0.12 inch per year), that isn't exactly a flash flood. Places like New Orleans demonstrate that you can live at or below sea level and manage it with engineering. If it came down to it, we'd build or we'd move 1000 feet inland and be good for another 5,000 years. The calamity and chicken little shit is overstated because it is about the money; always is.
- saikia81 3y ago
  Catastrophes happen to many species and civilizations. Many have gone extinct. For example we kill many species. They never expect it. Smart or rich people, including insurance companies aren't special enough to be an exception. Many predictions about industrialization have come true. Our cities are dirty from smog, and dumping. It is simple to see that we are damaging nature on a big scale, and we need the natural balance to survive. Might as well try and stop our self-destruction. Unless you want to just give up now. In the end the world keeps on turning.
- flir 3y ago
  The argument in your first para doesn't hold together. If we're heading for total collapse, what else are you going to exchange the bits of paper for?
mycologos 3y ago
> Hence the angry replies and downvotes. Nah, I downvoted because "I didn't read the article, I just want to say the little rant I always say about this broad topic" is a comment genre I want to see less of.
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PM_me_your_math 3y ago

If the so-called "total collapse" threat was real, then Obama, Gore, DiCaprio and all the other ocean-front mansion owners wouldn't have 1) bought the home or 2) been able to insure it. So why cripple our economies, ruin our lives, increase our food, transportation, and energy costs? Because of faith? Dire climate-related predictions from the church of climatology date back to the 1960s. Hundreds of them. Not a single one has ever come true. Not one. But we should believe it now? Catastrophic changes happen over geologic time. There isn't a tax which can stop a natural process, so why bother? Even if the stated sea level rise is accurate (0.12 inch per year), that isn't exactly a flash flood. Places like New Orleans demonstrate that you can live at or below sea level and manage it with engineering. If it came down to it, we'd build or we'd move 1000 feet inland and be good for another 5,000 years. The calamity and chicken little shit is overstated because it is about the money; always is.

saikia81 3y ago
Catastrophes happen to many species and civilizations. Many have gone extinct. For example we kill many species. They never expect it. Smart or rich people, including insurance companies aren't special enough to be an exception. Many predictions about industrialization have come true. Our cities are dirty from smog, and dumping. It is simple to see that we are damaging nature on a big scale, and we need the natural balance to survive. Might as well try and stop our self-destruction. Unless you want to just give up now. In the end the world keeps on turning.
flir 3y ago
The argument in your first para doesn't hold together. If we're heading for total collapse, what else are you going to exchange the bits of paper for?

mycologos 3y ago

> Hence the angry replies and downvotes. Nah, I downvoted because "I didn't read the article, I just want to say the little rant I always say about this broad topic" is a comment genre I want to see less of.

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