RE: Earth's recent climate spiral.
February 3, 2023 at 8:33 am
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2023 at 8:47 am by The Grand Nudger.)
In that it is not, in fact, a fact - and in that even if it were, marginal agricultural gains will not and literally cannot offset the damage, nor would it be acceptable to trade those gains for the attendant risks.
You misunderstand our predicament. We will be paying. It's not elective. We are already paying.
The picture that the possibility paints is one in which, if we make crucial investments now, we..at least...won't suffer the worst outcomes - but this is a cold and meaningless comfort, as we're already perfectly capable of feeding ourselves. You think we're dealing with "this will be great for us" - in mere reality, it's "at least we won't starve first". IDK about you, but I expect a bit more, at least aspirationally, from the american government and people. It may be that we can't hold back the tide, but that shouldn't be our working assumption. I certainly don't think that delusional thoughts and prayers should be any part of any plan we have to deal with the challenges we face. Ideally, we find free market and wildly profitable solutions to our climate issues - and that's been hampered by neo-feudal corporate lobbies going all in on denialism while quietly preparing their own operations all the same. All the way up to the capture of regulatory agencies and exploratory committees. It's the most blatantly cynical and absurd shit I think I've ever seen..and I've seen some pretty crazy shit.
They, at least, have a compelling interest in flogging this nonsense. For you, and for literally anyone who isn't on that payroll, it's just silly. An argument in favor of your own destruction. What's next, you gonna apologize to the executioner about the size of your neck?
You misunderstand our predicament. We will be paying. It's not elective. We are already paying.
The picture that the possibility paints is one in which, if we make crucial investments now, we..at least...won't suffer the worst outcomes - but this is a cold and meaningless comfort, as we're already perfectly capable of feeding ourselves. You think we're dealing with "this will be great for us" - in mere reality, it's "at least we won't starve first". IDK about you, but I expect a bit more, at least aspirationally, from the american government and people. It may be that we can't hold back the tide, but that shouldn't be our working assumption. I certainly don't think that delusional thoughts and prayers should be any part of any plan we have to deal with the challenges we face. Ideally, we find free market and wildly profitable solutions to our climate issues - and that's been hampered by neo-feudal corporate lobbies going all in on denialism while quietly preparing their own operations all the same. All the way up to the capture of regulatory agencies and exploratory committees. It's the most blatantly cynical and absurd shit I think I've ever seen..and I've seen some pretty crazy shit.
They, at least, have a compelling interest in flogging this nonsense. For you, and for literally anyone who isn't on that payroll, it's just silly. An argument in favor of your own destruction. What's next, you gonna apologize to the executioner about the size of your neck?
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