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Climate change
Topic Started: Jun 23 2007, 01:19 PM (82 Views)
Almonaster
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jDELIGHT
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If you have a choice between action and inaction, and the outcomes could either be Things You Can Still Do Something About and Things You Can't Do Anything About, shouldn't you choose to keep having the chance to choose?

Don't you play a game wanting to stay in the game for as long as possible?

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jDELIGHT
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Oh, and I would add to the Worst Case Scenario of Acting When We Don't Need To by saying that Global Economic Depression would ALSO lead to death, disease and further degradation of the environment.

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Almonaster
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Surely if the GED is a result of the cost, then that should appear in the bottom left, too?
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Looking at the comments on that site regarding this guy's arguments, I see a great many people trying to find holes in the logic or ridiculing his 'boxes'. By pondering and debating whether we are or are not causing global warming is kind of saying that nothing will happen if we don't clean the inside of our houses. Will the mess cause a fire or something just as nasty? Well, the consequences usually start small like difficulty navigating, nasty odours and increase of vermin. Sooner or later, however, the bigger problems will creep up. Just that no body knows exactly when.

It's no different with our planet except on a grander scale. Fact is we are creating a mess. Human created pollution does exist. Over harvesting is a fact. I could probably go on and point out that larger catastrophes are bound to happen due to what is out there already. But really, do I have to? We have a nasty enough mess out there without needing to go on the doom and gloom of global warming. The argument of global warming is foolish considering 'WE' created a large enough mess to require action. If our action reduces global warming... cool. If they don't, we have a much more livable planet.

Cost will be affecting every box. The false and no will still cost us. We'll be paying for the definite problems that are out there. Dwindling resources and pollution is still a reality.
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jDELIGHT
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If it's in all squares, then it shoudn't be on the board. Just the extreme WCS.

I totally agree with you, Higs. There really isn't such a thing as "doing nothing." It's all doing something. (whose sig line is that?) He's assuming that there are certain actions that qualify as Acting to Stop Global Warming.




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