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re: Terrified of climate change

Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:24 am to
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
119417 posts
Posted on 6/13/19 at 9:24 am to
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Poverty


There has always been poverty and always will be poverty. But it's getting better. We are trending in the right direction.

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disease


There has always been disease and there will always be disease. But it's getting better. We are trending in the right direction.

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corruption


The climate change alarmists hoax is a big part of corruption.

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the usual when people are displaced


Humans are really good at slow moving catastrophes. We adapt. The pain and solutions to pain can be spread out over time.

Humans are not so good a sudden catastrophes. The pain comes all at once and people die or get hurt.

But sudden catastrophes are not something new. We just just have to prepare for them and we are doing a MUCH better job of preparing for sudden catastrophes. Some could make an VERY strong argument that fossil fuels have led to man's ability to engineer and prepare for sudden catastrophes better than ever. The data certainly shows that we are getting better at handling sudden catastrophes even as CO2 concentration levels increase:



Notice on that chart how drought was once more of a problem. Drought was a problem 100-50 years ago because man moved into once naturally arid regions and farmed that land without sufficient irrigation. Irrigation has caught up in many regions and catching up in new regions so drought is becoming less and less of a problem.


This post was edited on 6/13/19 at 9:29 am
Posted by Duke
Twin Lakes, CO
Member since Jan 2008
35706 posts
Posted on 6/13/19 at 10:11 am to
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Humans are really good at slow moving catastrophes. We adapt. The pain and solutions to pain can be spread out over time.


The crux of the climate "debate" should be how to limit the scope of the warming ---> limit the pain and cost of the adaptation. While, you know, planning for the adaptation.

Your point on civilization adapting vs "we're all going to die" is a true one though. I roll my eyes everytime I see one of those headlines saying we're all going to die by 2050. It's over the top and any climatologist worth their salt would tell you the same.
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