We don't know if we can stop the changes in climate. Years of research and studies has established greenhouse gasses as the cause. So it is very likely reducing those greenhouse gases will mitigate the damage but we don't know if we can do enough to stop it.Who cares?
You want to spend tens of trillions of dollars to stop the climate from changing. I care.
When it occurred previously, it changed the way of life.
It changed without us causing it? How do you know we can stop what's happening now?
I don't wanna change the way of my life. I wanna eat. I wanna keep the roof over my head. That sorta stuff
You don't think wasting tens of trillions of dollars and reworking our world economy is going to change your way of life? Impact your food and housing and that sorta stuff?
If I see a little smoke coming out my house and I call the fire dept, the firemen may be able to save the whole house, or maybe only part of it. However, doing nothing and watching the house burn down is not a sensible thing to do. The same is true for climate change, doing nothing is not a sensible option.
The cost of mitigating climate change is high but the cost dealing with the damages will be much higher in both dollars and lives.
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