07-09-2023, 03:35 PM
(07-09-2023, 01:01 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: There is one thing I really like about Climate Change. Simply put, anything we do about it is a step in the right direction. Even if it turns out to be the most fantastic fiction of all time any steps we have taken to offset it, mitigate it, or slow it down will be good for the planet.
What an ridiculously naive and untrue statement. Your statement would be true if the steps being taken came at no cost, however the costs, aka allocation of resources, are immense.
If we allocate significant resources (or slow down/prevent the creation or development of resources) towards "fighting" climate change, that takes away from what we can allocate to food/clothing/housing/education/healthcare etc.
A really simplistic example of the ridiculousness of your claim: if we ban all farming, that would halt production of all the greenhouse gasses currently produced by farming...and most of us would starve to death. Any step we take that makes production more costly or time-consuming adds to the cost of feeding and caring for people.
If it turns out to be the most fantastic fiction of all time, the cost to health and wellbeing has immeasurably exceeded any benefit.