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Originally Posted by cementor
The idea that man can materially change the climate to me is arrogant, we can do the right thing and do our part to control the things we put into our ecosystems, and we should, but at the end of the day this world will change. That is the truth you can count on.
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Your post is defeatist. "The world will change regardless of what we do, but we have a responsibility to try to do something."
Climate change "scaremongers" are actually saying the exact same thing. Many of them just proclaim that we've reached that "point of no return", whereas you clearly deny this. Across much of the world the emphasis is already on disaster relief instead of climate change mitigation or planning for adaptation. I believe we need all three - the first for the polulation, the second for settlements, and the third for all life on the planet. Whilst it is a given that the earth will change, the thing most people don't realise is that the rate of change is the primary issue of concern as far as adaptation is concerned. Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity need both time and space to adapt, and we've accelerated the change.