Saturday, February 27, 2010

pyoor_excuse: Options

pyoor_excuse: Options: "let's put it this way:

Option A - I'm wrong and climate change is rubbish:
Result of following the 'climate change is happening' course of action: We spend a lot of money and time investing in new technology, creating new jobs and improving our environment. Old industries decline, and people have to be retrained in new skills or fall out of the workforce. Cities become cleaner, less polluted places. We reduce our dependence on foreign oil, start developing drugs and food technologies that aren't dependent upon oil. Final result: It's expensive, and lots of work, everyone lives. Oil continues to lurk under the ground.

Option B - They're wrong and climate change happens:
Result of following the 'climate change is rubbish' course of action: Sea levels rise, vast areas of land become unusable, vast numbers of people are displaced and die. We run out of oil, that means no food (no fertiliser) no drugs (petrochemical derivatives), no transport. We are, in short, screwed.

Given the two options, I'd rather be in camp A which spends money to fix a problem which doesn't happen. Except that I think it's a problem that will happen. I'd really rather not be in camp B."

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