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Originally Posted by el_draco
Like I said, there ain't none so blind as those who refuse to see... Considering we only have access to ONE livable planet, I should think that if just 5% of credible scientists said we were in trouble that should be ample grounds for a global wave of pants crapping.... but bloody minded self interest rules and we'll all pay for it BIG TIME, undoubtedly in our life time.
Above, you claim a 50:50 split of your association. For gawd sake man. THINK !! This should be a classic, "Ah, Der...", moment for you. 
I know a family that includes a "super engineer" who went from being one of the most rational environmentally aware people I know to a climate change skeptic all because he couldn't build the bloody dam he designed. He argues rampantly with his son, who is a climatologist, and is quite happy to say black is white to "prove" his point... Vested interest wins every time. 
Despite all the protestations you may come up with, I am dead sure you are pisssed off because you don't like the idea of not getting what you want. There's no point in discussing this topic with you, your mind is closed to anything that does not fit your world view.  My world view includes the following image which, frankly, scares the crap out of me... "Drunken Forests"
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Hi Rom,
Look, I just can't take this planet saving alarmism and its proponents seriously.
If one really, really thought that the earth was in danger, and that global warming was effectively hitting the place with 4 Hiroshima bombs a second, and that this was so dangerous that the entire world should emulate Tasmania into oblivion, well the solution is simple.
Just emulate France instead. There are millions of years of energy to be had for the whole of the earth by just going nuclear, and as much energy as anybody wants, and the whole global warming issue is fixed.
Fast breeder reactors all over the place. The occasional real Hiroshima sized bomb may well go off here or there from pesky terrorists or some rogue government - but that's a tiny price to pay for stopping the 4 Hiroshima bombs a second, right?
Cheers,
Renato