What is often overlooked, is that we are technically still in an Ice Age. This is just an interglacial period. Yes, the climate is warming, but how much of that is due to our activities? The climate also warmed during the Medieval Warm Period, when we had little impact on global climate. It then cooled during the Little Ice Age, which lasted until about 1850. The climate has been warming ever since. Highly dubious that our early industrial activities had much impact on this.
The problem is, that most of our advanced civilizations have developed in an Ice Age climate. We need to adapt to a warming climate, should this trend continue.
I think that the resources being used for 'global warming' would be much better used if they were simply diverted to reducing our population. Still, we should strive for becoming more energy efficient, but this should be left for individuals and the private sector to accomplish. The governments role would then be limited to public awareness, education and providing incentives to become more energy efficient.
If we can reduce our population by half and continue to become more energy efficient through technology and development of energy efficient societies, then our so-called carbon footprint would once again become negligible. We need a political willingness to do this. The problem is that the politicians today are greedy, corrupt and afraid to offend certain groups.
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What is often overlooked, is that we are technically still in an Ice Age. This is just an interglacial period. Yes, the climate is warming, but how much of that is due to our activities? The climate also warmed during the Medieval Warm Period, when we had little impact on global climate. It then cooled during the Little Ice Age, which lasted until about 1850. The climate has been warming ever since. Highly dubious that our early industrial activities had much impact on this.
The problem is, that most of our advanced civilizations have developed in an Ice Age climate. We need to adapt to a warming climate, should this trend continue.
I think that the resources being used for 'global warming' would be much better used if they were simply diverted to reducing our population. Still, we should strive for becoming more energy efficient, but this should be left for individuals and the private sector to accomplish. The governments role would then be limited to public awareness, education and providing incentives to become more energy efficient.
If we can reduce our population by half and continue to become more energy efficient through technology and development of energy efficient societies, then our so-called carbon footprint would once again become negligible. We need a political willingness to do this. The problem is that the politicians today are greedy, corrupt and afraid to offend certain groups.
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Should read most politicians, above. The problem is that the current system corrupts well-intentioned individuals.