> It seems to me that saying there is no solution is no more > constructive than saying there is no problem.
I am not saying there is no solution, only that it will not be applied in time. > I would rather say that the physics and the economics of the problem > are much more easily surmountable than the politics of the problem, or > that we will have a hard time coming close to achieving an optimal > policy in the foreseeable future. That is anything but a reason to > give up. The only way will get the politics sorted out is if everyone realizes that we are doomed. Dr Gerhaush wrote "If we had 10 years to prevent humanity from being exterminated in 100 years time, I am sure we'd do what's necessary, even if that involved a lot of pain, never mind electoral cycles." But so long as everyone is in denial, then no action will be taken. > If you presume that we are doomed I'd suggest you would be better off, > and the rest of us no worse off, if you would put your attentions > elsewhere. So long as everyone persists in ignoring the facts, then we are all doomed. My only hope is to convince them that we are in imminent danger. Let's face it, you are an intelligent, educated, and mathematically literate person. How is it that you cannot see the danger of the melting Arctic sea-ice? Even a politician such as Al Gore said in a link first posted by you http://thinkprogress.org/gore-nyu "A few days ago, scientists announced alarming new evidence of the rapid melting of the perennial ice of the north polar cap, continuing a trend of the past several years that now confronts us with the prospect that human activities, if unchecked in the next decade, could destroy one of the earth's principle mechanisms for cooling itself." If only you would agree that we are in imminent danger then I could stop saying "We are all doomed" :-) Cheers, Alastair. aware of, then we are all doomed! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
