The environmental OC's live in a fantasy bubble. On the other hand, in the world of the denialists, there is something called "costs" to consider. Real costs.......not theoretical costs. Outside of the bubble, it matters. Debating the validity of the data on climate science is as productive as a session in group navel contemplation. Theres no proof either way and even if there was, is STILL DOESNT ******* MATTER because outside of the bubble, there are factors of costs.........
You bubble people dont spend a single second weighing the necessary tradeoffs of the costs. Indeed, they fail to possess the ability to do so. There is no other explanation. At the end of the day, the denialists win the only debate that is really salient to the science..........and that is, the future of energy. The correlation is direct. If the numbers of committed environmental k00ks doubled from where it is today, it still wouldnt matter outside the bubble. Why? Because the world doesnt currently have the technology to do green energy cheaply or efficiently. Renewables are a ******* joke and there is zero chance that they will be any more than a fringe market 2-3 decades from now = 100% certainty. Governments need cheap energy and cheap energy is exactly what they will use no matter what "consensus science" is established...........thats LIFE outside the bubble. Any and all energy projections by reputable sources ( Forbes/Investors Daily/Businessweek/Fortune/Kiplingers et. al.) have coal, natural gas and oil dominating the energy landscape in 2035. Renewables? Less than 10% of the market.
The irony in all of this? It is the climate OC's that are the real denialists and how ******* funny is that? All the evidence is clear..........all the evidence is on the side of those NOT embracing the "consensus science". The evidence is..........Cap and Trade is as dead as a doornail and politically, will be for the balance of this decade. The bubble dwellars completely ignore this little fact and rant on in this forum as if that reality didnt exist. The climate OC's like to conveniently seperate the science from the politics, but as I say, it is an exercise in group navel contemplation. Nothing more. And I havent even talked about China and India.
Why do I love this forum more than any other? Because every day, its an exercise in winning. Every post I make decimates the faux world of the OD environmentalists.