RE: Is Climate Change Real? The Definitive Answer, YES !!
Climate change is real! the ONLY debate might be exactly what is causing it.. but you can be sure that what we do as a race in terms of fossil fuel burning is obviously not going to help!
Bearing in mind that we could easily now shift to completely renewable energy within a decade or so (with the right government support) and bearing in mind that we dont have an Earth 2... it might be prudent to quit the debate and get on with the changes that need to be made.
I always respect other ideas, but in this case i have to say.. as a wise man once said"
"this sh*t's godda stop"
A MAJOR side note, around 5 MILLION deaths per year can be attributed to fossil fuel burning worldwide. I wrote a post about this a few weeks ago if you are interested to read that:
Here's Why People Who Deny Global Warming Are Missing The Whole Point!
Why do you say we can switch to renewables in 10 years if we have government support? Why not let the market decide when the right time is for a switch? If fossil fuels become scarce then price will go up. If alternate energy sources start to be purchased in volume, then their prices will go down.
And the free market will take care of the transition, at the moment that it is economical to do so.
Most governments do not have a good track record of trying to time market transitions. And many people don't think that it is a legitimate goal of government to spend tax dollars to force market transitions.
History is ripe with scandals when government tries to intervene and force market transitions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/specialreports/solyndra-scandal/
On the topic of 5 million deaths attributed to fossils fuels; do you have a summary of which countries that is occurring in? Check it out and I think you will find India and China at top of the list, but those are the countries exempt from reducing fossil fuel emissions.
How many deaths in China and India do you think can be prevented, by further reducing fossil fuel use in Europe and North America?
My recommendation is global warming deniers should get over it. It is probably getting slowly warmer over last 40 years.
But the proper answer is not the Paris Climate Accord. The proper answer is : so what?
I'm humble enough to know that human impacts on climate change are miniscule in the bigger picture of long term climate cycles. And I am humble enough to know that you're pushing on a rope to try to fight mother nature for long term climate cycles.
STEEM On!!
Because the governments manipulate the markets in many ways, not least by subsidising coal and limiting any progress on renewables.
Also the UK and Netherlands have terrible air quality that is linked to more deaths per year than we can really comprehend. The real issue is realising that we cant rely on the free markets to dictate our future. Why? Because there are zero ethics or any moral compass in the free market. We have to intervene at some point because we have much better clean solutions. With populations increasing we must start building a smarter and cleaner world.
Free markets have the same moral compass and ethics as the collective group that participates in that free market.
The question is do you trust in the collective wisdom of the free market? or do you trust more in the wisdom of a small number of "government elites" that will make rules on centralized basis to "help" the plebes.
Neither approach is perfect or foolproof.
Personally I have very low trust in most governments to make the best, or even close to best, decisions on a regular basis.
I recently found an interesting read on how government operates in Switzerland. On Steemit of course. That seemed like a format for government operation that would be more trusted.
STEEM On!!