What importance do you place on the issue of Climate Change? (compared, state)
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Sure they do, I mean any single individual's contribution to climate change would be vanishingly small taken by itself, it becomes an issue at the aggregate population level though.
So, does that mean we restrict everyone's travel to make a difference? Is the plan to cap each American's air travel?
So, does that mean we restrict everyone's travel to make a difference? Is the plan to cap each American's air travel?
No, I don't know what the solution is and haven't proposed any. I am and have just been saying that it is happening and the evidence backs it up, that is all. I don't really know of any surefire ways to fix it, it will probably depend on technological advancements in the energy sector.
What is your view on the importance of climate change?
Its not so much the US and Europe. We have some very restrictive polices all ready with the EPA. As usual its Russia and SE Asia that has no real polices in place.
No, I don't know what the solution is and haven't proposed any. I am and have just been saying that it is happening and the evidence backs it up, that is all. I don't really know of any surefire ways to fix it, it will probably depend on technological advancements in the energy sector.
Well, what should happen in the meantime? Nothing?
Well, what should happen in the meantime? Nothing?
I don't know, some problems defy pat answers and soundbite solutions, we are probably pretty screwed at this point no matter what we do. Anything we do now will most likely be mitigative rather than preventative. I am not an expert on it, although I am a scientist(in a completely unrelated field), I would need substantially more knowledge and research into it than I am willing to put in to come up with any kind of proposed solution set.
I believe that climate change, in the long run, is not only the most important issue of or time, but of all time. I believe that humans are a part of the natural world, and any attempt to abstract ourselves from nature and live apart from it will ultimately lead to our destruction. I think that the government should adopt an earth-centric policy. I believe that the earth is a special planet, a sacred place blessed by God, and that the ultimate purpose of humanity is to live in harmony with Mother Earth.
I don't know, some problems defy pat answers and soundbite solutions, we are probably pretty screwed at this point no matter what we do. Anything we do now will most likely be mitigative rather than preventative. I am not an expert on it, although I am a scientist(in a completely unrelated field), I would need substantially more knowledge and research into it than I am willing to put in to come up with any kind of proposed solution set.
Nothing is going to happen.
No politician is going to try to cap consumables for the public, and additional taxes on energy will only hurt the poor and lower class. Additionally, any legislation passed will give them some sort of subsidy rendering it useless anyway.
People aren't going to cut back. If President Obama, who claims to be a believer, uses an armada of jets to fly nearly halfway around the globe each year just so his family can sit on that special beach they like, do you believe other people will do anything significant in their lives?
On that note, do you think Obama, who has direct access to the top scientific minds, really doesn't believe in climate change or that he believes it's out of the question for people to make any changes to do something about it?
Like the late Michael Crichton said, humans are just little apes running for cover. Global Warming real or fake matters not. Our fate is already set. If we are truly damaging this planet Mother Nature will swat us like a fly.
On that note, do you think Obama, who has direct access to the top scientific minds, really doesn't believe in climate change or that he believes it's out of the question for people to make any changes to do something about it?
Probably the second one, which is why I didn't propose any restrictive solutions because I know that they would never fly. Our best bet is probably more in non-restrictive solutions like the research currently being done to improve and find new forms of non carbon based energy. Basically we are on a countdown timer to find some other way to be able to power most of the world while remaining competitive enough on price and availability to not exclude vast amounts of people. And hopefully no other hidden pitfalls that show up 200 years down the line from when we start using it, like we are seeing now with carbon based power.
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