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It's an imminent threat, but not in the dumb "zOMG 12 years!!1" sense. The consequences will unfold down the upcoming future generations. It's still an imminent threat throughout the world history, though I guess since the earth will be just fine (humans will be screwed), perhaps it's fair to reevaluate the use of the term "imminent" if our perspective is limited to how our 401ks will do.
Even if America reduced emissions to ZERO, it would make no difference on this alleged destruction of climate. The open sewers of China and India are just to reckless for it to matter to anyone in America.
That is what the Left with this nonsense agenda will not tell you.
Exactly how is this an obtuse question?
If one seriously believes that within 10 or 20 years that we are heading for an inevitable catastrophe, why wouldn't they do everything they can to prepare for that as best they can?
Why is it "silly"?
I grew up during the cold war where people prepared for the prospect of nuclear war by building bunkers and stockpiling food.
What seems silly to me is the notion that people believe the world or at least society is in imminent, unavoidable danger, they have access to money that will soon become worthless, that can buy things such as food, medical supplies, guns, water, shelter but choose not to.
It begs the question : do they really believe this?
There you go again, using logic and reason with liberals. Haven't you learned anything yet? Facts have no power here.
Now-if those in the "AGW movement" actually believed what they spew-they would have long-since gotten rid of their 10,000 square foot McMansions. They would never fly private jets-perhaps the most "per capita" carbon source in the world. They would sink their yachts. They would drive Nissan Leafs rather than Suburbans. Follow the most major voices, and watch what they do, not what they say. If they don't "walk the walk"-they are nothing bug grifters.
None of the climate change alarmist ever talk about population control.
That would be the biggest help to the planet and MANY levels.
Some of them have, it's just that that depends either on major cultural changes or uplifting people out of poverty so that population growth rates decrease (again, yeah, I typed that lifting people out of poverty will reduce their birth rates).
The one, I don't know how to do. The other would be quite expensive if first world nations would have anything to do with it and would dramatically increase C02 output if we don't develop cheap, clean energy sources before then.
Even if America reduced emissions to ZERO, it would make no difference on this alleged destruction of climate. The open sewers of China and India are just to reckless for it to matter to anyone in America.
That is what the Left with this nonsense agenda will not tell you.
B.S. Per person we're among the top C02 emitters on the planet. Also, it's not going to be convincing if we tell other countries to do things we're not doing. That's probably the most important factor.
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