It's going to be rough. Not only is the task really big, it is also complicated in ways we are still trying to figure out. That's part of the frustration I have with climate change deniers. They see real issues with climate science (most science, really) because we have conflicting studies, gradual refinement of estimates and models, research muddied by corporate hacks and egotistical agenda-driven idealogues and they say "well, it's not 100% clear cut so it must not be happening". It's the wrong conclusion, of course, but the issues that help drive it are real and are all part the difficulty in tackling the actual problems. We have a pretty good handle on the fact that we need to curb carbon emissions and methane emissions. But beyond the idea that we need to stop making things worse (which is hard enough), getting a good handle on what we can do to push things back toward a more human-friendly trajectory is a really, really tough call.
We need to learn a whole lot more real quick and combine that with a political will to make serious changes and investment. History says that the likelihood of those two things coming together in conjunction with one another is a bit of a long shot. Judah On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/how-ignorance-greed-and-ideology-are-warping-science-and-hurting-democracy-20111115#ixzz1fgCiFxdc >> >> > Turns out you were right about man-made climate change. Geo-engineering > projects are going on all over the place to stabilize the environment. It's > expensive and I have a feeling it's going to get even more expensive over > time. Best to swallow the bitter pill now and pay for it. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344301 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
