On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Unquestionably. However we do understand enough to know we are effecting > the > earth in a negative way. that is an opinion, not a fact. Even if they are inaccurate the do nothing approach is asinine. Comparing > the economy to ecology is ridiculous. > Awesome! So we could be wrong but we should still do something, even if what we do results in things getting worse rather than better. The global climate and the global economy are complex systems. Ridiculous to compare them? Really? Here are lessons drawn from economics applied toward attempting to solve the problems you believe in: http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/presentations/Beinhocker_Oxford_Complexity_economics_seminar.pdf > Phenomenal idea. Do nothing, because we [the western countries] would be > the > only ones doing something. If they don't change why should we right? That > way when we're explaining to God/Allah/FSM et al why we destroyed the > planet > and did nothing to save it, they'll know it wasn't just us that did it. It > was also those nasty Chinese. > LOL, you really think we can destroy the planet? We could set off every nuke we have and we would barely make a dent. We'd all be dead, but the planet would continue on as it had for billions of years. Not just misguided but incredibly arrogant. > Aren't you all about people making money? Aren't you the lap dog of the guy > who let the biggest financial scam in history take place? Now you're > worried > about people trying to save Earth and making some coin in the process? > I am all about people making money in the free market. This is not a free market, it is a rigged market created by the government to give handouts to political favorites, which I don't like. It's > one thing to take action and if the action was useless all it cost was > money. It's quite another to do nothing and be wrong. Money isn't > everything > Rob. A livable planet is. > The proposed action is 100% guaranteed not to work without total global participation (meaning those pesky Chinese and Indians you seem so dismissive of). So you are suggesting that we spend the money on an investment that is guaranteed to fail, regardless of the science. That's nothing but a gigantic scam. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301078 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
