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I've had a rather nasty little thought in the back of my head for a few months now, that has been difficult to articulate.
But I managed to sum up this rather disquieting thought: It appears the prescription for mitigating climate change is a host of individual actions and regulations that collectively will do serious damage to our democracy, our standards of living, or even our liberty itself. So skeptics argue that the science is outdated, fraudulent, or at any rate insufficient, precisely because to argue otherwise will force us to give up a significant chunk of our quality of life, and therefore we should do nothing. And I was all set to argue that maybe the skeptics are right.
( Why I don't feel like doing that anymore... )
Bottom line: You don't have to be a neo-Luddite to have a positive impact on climate change... just do as much as you can to help ensure everyone pitches in. I hope this post helps in some small way.
But I managed to sum up this rather disquieting thought: It appears the prescription for mitigating climate change is a host of individual actions and regulations that collectively will do serious damage to our democracy, our standards of living, or even our liberty itself. So skeptics argue that the science is outdated, fraudulent, or at any rate insufficient, precisely because to argue otherwise will force us to give up a significant chunk of our quality of life, and therefore we should do nothing. And I was all set to argue that maybe the skeptics are right.
( Why I don't feel like doing that anymore... )
Bottom line: You don't have to be a neo-Luddite to have a positive impact on climate change... just do as much as you can to help ensure everyone pitches in. I hope this post helps in some small way.
