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Originally Posted by Skerlnik
Aren't we always the ones that jump on people for not being savvy enough to see a potential disaster coming, and not taking care of situations easily at the first stages? We're always so smug, and say "Gee, ya didn't see that coming, Sparky?" Like when the last guy went out to cut down the last tree on Easter Island......
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Trees can be re-planted. But, then again, you're assuming that having trees on Easter Island is preferable to not having trees on Easter Island.
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Global Warming is something that will likely become progressively more painful and difficult to fix as time goes by. Our resistance and denial of simple, relatively cost-effective changes now will look really stupid in twenty-five, fifty, years.
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Well, you know something, there have been periods of warming and cooling throughout recorded history and we've survived just fine. We're human: we adapt, we overcome. Why do you people insist humans must conquer their environment instead of adapting to it?
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I have no idea if man-made GW is real or not. To me, that's not the point. It's all about taking responsibility for the future. Heck, even if this trend is simply a natural fluctuation, why not fight that, too? We certainly have the means to. Just because it's natural, doesn't mean it's a good thing, either. Our entire history of manking is a story of manipulating and conquering Mother Nature for our own comfort. Why not with this, too?
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Actually, whether it's man-made or not is the entire point. The Al Gore Cult insists that humans are at fault by their use of fossil fuels, eating meat (which comes from animals that require significant natural resources to raise commercially), etc., and that we must eliminate our carbon footprints even while Al himself maintains his giant carbon footprint. Again, however, you assume that humans must fight and conquer the environment instead of adapt to it.