midgett said:Jinx 2 said:
..and we aren't going to do what needs to be done, because the political climate is much more important.
China is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, followed by us.
I had not thought I would see dramatic effects in my lifetime, since I will likely live another 30 years max. But it appears we all will.
http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
The authors found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, the atmosphere will warm up by as much as 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) above preindustrial levels by 2040, inundating coastlines and intensifying droughts and poverty. Previous work had focused on estimating the damage if average temperatures were to rise by a larger number, 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius), because that was the threshold scientists previously considered for the most severe effects of climate change.
I believe in climate change.
But your post is absurd.
First, to cry wolf yet again on an urgent 10 year pronouncement is why you and your Al Gore cohorts can't be taken seriously. You perpetuate the problem.
Using less inflammatory language would be a good start.
They will not be significant changes in the next decade.
Here's the problem. Any current solution has TWO YUGE drawbacks. First, almost any solution will increase costs to consumers especially if you immediately ban coal. Sure, Al Gore and you can afford higher energy costs. But it'd be yet another burden liberals stick to poor people. Second, if all Americans take the expensive measures to battle climate change, it becomes naught due to the emissions from so many emerging economies which we can't force to pay.
The good news to me is that we are finally beginning to see solar energy becoming affordable. Self driving cars have the potential to dramatically reduce the use of fuel. Many people may find it feasible to not own an automobile.
I do believe the ingenuity present in a capitalist economy will lead to better, affordable alternative solutions. Create a market and become fabulously famous and wealthy.
I don't know the answers but I'm not going to stick the poor with higher costs just to make me feel better about myself.
We can reduce carbon emissions by 85% in 10 years with no new laws, no new tech, and grow the economy by $5 trillion. With a t.
And there will be new tech.
It won't be apocalyptic predictions that causes change, it will be the market. Now China, as noted above, can make political changes but the market will drive even Chinese political decisions.
“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” (The Law, p.6) Frederic Bastiat