*** Official Global Warming Thread ***

[wufwugy]

The costs of stopping anthropogenic global warming are far higher than the costs of not.

[MadMojoMonkey]

The costs of stopping anthropogenic global warming are far higher than the costs of not.

Yeah, but it's still moot.

Either way, people will deal with it and not go extinct. It's not even an extinction-threatening event. At worst it is going to be massively inconvenient for future generations.

Things will be different, but saying they will be better or worse is an opinion.
Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

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Personally, I think working to prevent dramatic and sudden climate change is a worthy goal. However, I also understand why the fanaticism has not inspired the will of a huge number of people who have the power to facilitate the changes that are needed.

I think the cataclysmic tone of climate change supporters is not doing them any service.

[a500lbgorilla]

However, I also understand why the fanaticism has not inspired the will of a huge number of people who have the power to facilitate the changes that are needed.

I see 'ole Barry, the oil Baron, looking back and forth between an enormous pile of money and the watery eyes of future generations, weighing his options.

[wufwugy]

I see 'ole Barry, the oil Baron, looking back and forth between an enormous pile of money and the watery eyes of future generations, weighing his options.

ol barry's billions are responsible for heightened living standards of future generations. what would make that not the case? well, i guess if you burned it.