Global warming discussion - All opinions welcome I would like to have a polite and interesting discussion about why you feel the way you do. — SackofPotatoeJam
Polite interesting discussions with people I disagree with is
exactly why I joined the forum. I love how you've tried to create a space for productive conversations.
I don't think that global warming/climate change is the greatest threat to mankind. In my opinion, even if I assumed that the most dire scientific projections about the future were true, there are still more serious crises that are hurting and killing more people than climate change. Millions of people die from very preventable causes every year, and hundreds of millions suffer from poverty and malnutrition etc. We should spend our energy and money efficiently, saving as many people and doing as much good as possible.
I am hopeful that innovation will give us more power over the environment, and allow us to get the things we want (like energy) safely and efficiently. Innovation will happen even faster if some of the millions of children we can save grow up to become engineers and scientists.
I quite like the ideas in Bjorn Lomborg's book
False Alarm