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> If you release millions of tons of stuff into the environment then it will have an effect that could be bad. You're quite right, it could have a bad effect,
by hobarrera 11y ago
> If you release millions of tons of stuff into the environment then it will have an effect that could be bad.
You're quite right, it could have a bad effect, but we've yet to prove that climate changes are an effect of those gases we've released.
One, quite important, detail, on climate change, is that a few several centuries ago, the earth was actually warmer by a few degrees that it is today. This would indicate that climate changes is not strictly due to the gases we're putting out, and that there are more complex variables in the system than what's being considered.
- 7952 11y ago>> This would indicate that climate changes is not strictly due to the gases we're putting out, and that there are more complex variables in the system than what's being considered. As I said we lack a baseline of what the world would look like without human activity. Either way I think your point is mute from a policy point of view. The environment is inextricably linked to humanity for the forseeable future. It may be interesting to speculate on if a change is "natural" but we cannot possibly seperate the human enviornment from the natural environment. What we lack is agency in how the environment is changed. It may get warmer or colder, but we don't have a choice. Reducing green house gas emissions is a way of trying to control the atmosphere for the benefit of humans.