Cyn...I agree that it is egotistical to think that we can "save the planet"....we certainly can make it more livable.
Where I disagree is an inference that those who believe our actions contribute to climate change have ever made such a claim....well, except maybe for Al Gore, who is a burden we bear with his exaggerations because his underlying message is able to reach a larger audience than any scientists.
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Originally Posted by CandleInTheDark
I am unconvinced that the government regulation is the best way to reduce pollution. All the bodies of evidence I have read in regards to policy effectiveness has pointed towards free market and quasi-market solutions, rather than government regulation.
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The environmental regulations of the 1970s, which were adopted and implemented as a result of the serious and rapidly deteriorating air/water/ground pollution resulting from the free market at the time, would suggest otherwise. I would love to see your body of evidence sometime.