Recent content by Isotope

Nice use of that metaphor in this context. I like that. Yeah, perhaps I belong more to the camp that believes it's going to hell in a handbasket anyway so there's no real point in this prohibition type effort. I'm definitely open to being wrong on that front but that's how it seems to me...

Right but I'm saying I doubt that that is even possible.

I see. It makes me wonder about the moral prohibition on using fossil fuels. In the best case scenario, we could only force ourselves into not using fossil fuels, and when you look at the rest of the world, it would seem like self-imposed asceticism. China, India, and Russia are not going to...

I plead my ignorance to the facts about this, and you people seem pretty informed on this subject. All I ask is a simple question. What's the point? It seems to me that even if for some reason everybody switched to alternative fuels tomorrow, it wouldn't do any good for our current...

In addition to what Old Rocks said, I'd like to emphasize something from the paragraph he selected. "Nagel (2011) discusses how the insurance and reinsurance industry is supremely concerned about exposure to financial risks associated with extreme weather events. The US military is concerned...