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A costal tax instead of a carbon tax would solve the issue nicely. Most all of the issues with global warming have to do with people living by water. Preventing carbon use isn't worthwhile and global warming has more benefits than drawbacks. Sooooooooo much land is underused because our world is too cold and dry.
A costal tax instead of a carbon tax would solve the issue nicely. Most all of the issues with global warming have to do with people living by water. Preventing carbon use isn't worthwhile and global warming has more benefits than drawbacks. Sooooooooo much land is underused because our world is too cold and dry.
I would like to see some data to back this up. Ports are historically the largest cities, so of course they have plenty of pollution but I think we have roughly the same carbon footprint per person everywhere. Actually in some cities, like NY, since living spaces are small we probably have less climate controlled space per person and therefor a smaller per person carbon footprint. But this is a guess. Anyway, please provide some data.
I would like to see some data to back this up. Ports are historically the largest cities, so of course they have plenty of pollution but I think we have roughly the same carbon footprint per person everywhere. Actually in some cities, like NY, since living spaces are small we probably have less climate controlled space per person and therefor a smaller per person carbon footprint. But this is a guess. Anyway, please provide some data.
It's not that they produce more carbon, it's that they are at a big risk for storms floods and rising sea levels. NYC won't fair well if Antarctica melts but Indianapolis will be just fine. Nyc people will have to relocate and recover the cost of lost real estate.
the majority of the problem is from the third world and they will NOT stop having too many kids, paving over the Earth, destroying forests, damming rivers, etc. So you're going to see this problem (if it IS man-caused) just gettting worse, not better.
By third world you mean poor, some african, asian etc.?
Not so simple. For example west first factory world brings old technology to a third world, rich west use third world as a dump by removing factory there and leaving all the dirt for them. Look at tourism and impact of tourism to locals, it is not only positive, sometimes it is only negative without positive sides.
Just look what your fridge, car, clothes, house, electronics, food, life style habits, travelling etc are causing to Earth.
Ask yourself: Who is buying those furnitores and other products from the rainforests? Who is a starter of a aluminium factory, who has money to buil it up? Who is buying jewellery digged from Earth? Who build nuclear power stuff?
"first world" need to change and stop dirting the Earth. Just think how much only plastic wrappings are coming to one household, all the packages etc. and other waste, food waste etc. And no, it does not "disappear" when garbage collector takes it away from your sight. Everything causes its own type of problems.
Green living and organic living is the only way to keep this planet livable. And it means every each one has to live green lifestyle. Few green here and there cannot fix the damages that majority of people are causing.
Start with zero waste challenge. Start by researching every products producing system with transporting it to you. Where your food is coming? Could you choose local, organic, grow by yourself?. No it is not coming from food store, it is delivered and caused climate change by many ways before you eat it. Where your dump goes? No, it does not disappear either.
Not that I would support making kids in poor countries just to die in hunger etc. but depend of the place, problems are different than here.
When you probably need 4 planet and your kid(s) need more too..... Think whos kids are producing more waste? Who is using this all? Who is bying it all?
People CAN fix the Earth, majority of them just don't want to.
It's not that they produce more carbon, it's that they are at a big risk for storms floods and rising sea levels. NYC won't fair well if Antarctica melts but Indianapolis will be just fine. Nyc people will have to relocate and recover the cost of lost real estate.
I got moderated, but I had a serious question; I guess my way of asking was too direct and possibly rude. Anyway, this line of thought seems to place more burden on those affected by sea rise than those causing it. I think the burden should be on those causing the problem out of fairness and to incent them to stop,
By third world you mean poor, some african, asian etc.?
Not so simple. For example west first factory world brings old technology to a third world, rich west use third world as a dump by removing factory there and leaving all the dirt for them. Look at tourism and impact of tourism to locals, it is not only positive, sometimes it is only negative without positive sides.
Just look what your fridge, car, clothes, house, electronics, food, life style habits, travelling etc are causing to Earth.
Ask yourself: Who is buying those furnitores and other products from the rainforests? Who is a starter of a aluminium factory, who has money to buil it up? Who is buying jewellery digged from Earth? Who build nuclear power stuff?
"first world" need to change and stop dirting the Earth. Just think how much only plastic wrappings are coming to one household, all the packages etc. and other waste, food waste etc. And no, it does not "disappear" when garbage collector takes it away from your sight. Everything causes its own type of problems.
Green living and organic living is the only way to keep this planet livable. And it means every each one has to live green lifestyle. Few green here and there cannot fix the damages that majority of people are causing.
Start with zero waste challenge. Start by researching every products producing system with transporting it to you. Where your food is coming? Could you choose local, organic, grow by yourself?. No it is not coming from food store, it is delivered and caused climate change by many ways before you eat it. Where your dump goes? No, it does not disappear either.
Not that I would support making kids in poor countries just to die in hunger etc. but depend of the place, problems are different than here.
When you probably need 4 planet and your kid(s) need more too..... Think whos kids are producing more waste? Who is using this all? Who is bying it all?
People CAN fix the Earth, majority of them just don't want to.
Instead of starting with that end goal, I think it's easier to get a lot of people to do the very easy tasks.
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Originally Posted by ReachTheBeach
I got moderated, but I had a serious question; I guess my way of asking was too direct and possibly rude. Anyway, this line of thought seems to place more burden on those affected by sea rise than those causing it. I think the burden should be on those causing the problem out of fairness and to incent them to stop,
Regardless of climate change the coasts are extremely risky to build on, especially in the U.S. Look at New Orleans. They got rebuilt with money from the taxpayers because New Orleans is just an awful place to build.
And sea level varies so much already. Look at Alexandria Egypt. Plus, in geological time earths climate and sea level is very variable. Why implement a costly tax on the rest of the country when the sea level would is going to move up and down regardless.
LOL. yeah people living in yurts are a bigger cause of global warming then the tons of electricity I use, and my 2 vehicles. And all the meat I eat, and electronics and other mass produced items I have. yup!
Sigh. Theres so many things wrong with the OP, I figured I'd touch on the one no one else had mentioned yet.
Not true. Countries like India and China are going through tremendous industrialization. What you produce as a person is not comparable. Not to mention that China for instance is becoming a nation of drivers. So they're in their middle-class also own vehicles the way you do. A lot of them also on vacation homes and vacation vehicles.
There are also more people in the rest of the world then in the Western world. I think that the whole climate change thing is led by Western elites without considering the economic development of the Third World. Let's face it. Countries like China and India are seeking to outcompete many western countries and establish their place in the world. And that is much more important than dealing with climate change.
My father's 1969 Dodge Dart could hit 120 mph on level ground with a tailwind. I don't know the gas mileage. Probably bad. But get this. You are clearly too young to know about this but in 1972. My father used to take us out driving every Sunday afternoon. We would pile in the Dodge and go tooling around at freeway speeds while sitting ON our seatbelts. Emphasis on seatbelts. There were not yet the over the shoulder harnesses that you call seatbelts today. Wait, there's more... airbags... you've heard of those? In 1972 if you asked someone what an airbag was they might have trouble giving you an answer.
Shoulder belts were required on cars built after Jan. 1, 1968.
I owned a '66 Dodge Dart GT V-8. It averaged 16 mpg.
It's not that they produce more carbon, it's that they are at a big risk for storms floods and rising sea levels. NYC won't fair well if Antarctica melts but Indianapolis will be just fine. Nyc people will have to relocate and recover the cost of lost real estate.
Well, we all know how some predictions end up:
From 1975
"The world's climatologists are agreed... once the freeze starts, it will be too late."
- Douglas Colligan in Science Digest.
NYC will fare okay because Antarctica won't loose its ice.
The trouble is the developing world. America has already had its industrial revolution and we are now getting better and better when it comes to cutting emissions. With Obamas latest attack on coal fired plants we will need to make a call down to Scotty to up the amps on the Dilithium crystals and we will be OK...... That is a Star trek reference for those who don't know but it seems that Obama has all these good ideas but no idea how to implement them. We can't just cut emissions without having an alternative source to take up the slack... but back to the real problem..
The real problem is the Earth has too many people and all these people are demanding a higher level of living and resources are being used up.
America can embrace the green living model as much as possible but we live on a planet with a whole lot of other people that don't give a darn about being green. They only care about not going to bed hungry.
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