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Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I'm all for taking personal actions to lessen your "carbon footprint" (I hate that term). I do it myself.
But it takes policy at a higher level to have any real impact.
IMO, Cyn's comment - "I'm not egotistical enough to think that we can "save the planet" - is a distortion of the general view of many scientists, policymakers and lay people who believe that human activities spewing tons of greenhouse gases into the environment every year contribute to environmental degradation, including having some impact on climate.
That kind of dismissal makes a great Exon talking point.
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You may think it an Exxon talking point, but it is egotistical of humans to think that. The earth did it's thing for millions of years without humans, ebbing and flowing from hot to cold.
Now you want to say, "I'd like to save the human race from dying out..." I'm interested in listening to that a bit more to some degree. Still egotistical, but I'm more interested in the thruth of saving mankind than saving the planet.
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