(March 30, 2009 at 7:10 am)lilphil1989 Wrote: What do people think of a kind of environmental Pascal's wager?
Depends what you're saying. That we have everything to gain and nothing to lose by believing that man the cause of global warming? But what if instead of having everything to gain, we have everything to lose? Suppose that instead our models are wrong, that the earth is cooling instead of warming yet here we sit preparing for warming. The amount of money invested in global warming would be wasted, and we would be ill prepared.
No my friend, I think there is much to lose for either side. But of course, as always, it depends who you listen to.
I don't believe the earth warming is anything to worry about. CO2 is plant food, hence we will go to greater prosperity and health should the earth warm. An interesting site about CO2 is: http://ilovecarbondioxide.com/
"I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability." Oscar Wilde
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