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Originally Posted by Neil
I think as been previously stated the world has experienced variations in temperature in the recent past(2000 yrs or so).This seems a very convenient argument for politicians to pursue and enlarge for there political interest, regardless of the climatic history.
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That the world has experienced great swings in temperature in the past does not mean that humans are not responsible for the one that is occurring now.
Human civilization is a fragile thing. Many cultures have broken down and failed throughout history because of ecological changes. Today's world is so over-populated that any form of major disruption in the growth and distribution of foodstuffs can have repercussions for global political stability.
The thing that makes me mad is that there are intelligent people who realize that Man is, indeed, causing changes in climate, yet they persist in not wanting to do anything about it because they don't want to have to live their lives any differently than the profligately wasting of resources way they do now.
To sum up: if you don't see a problem and don't do anything about it, you're simply ignorant. If you acknowledge the problem and don't do anything about it, then you're disrespecting your grandchildren.
Either way has the same result.
What I hope is that either there is a global change in thinking about the problem, or that somehow the ones who acknowledge the problem and see solutions ram it down the throats of those who don't and save their brethren despite protestations.
Can that happen? I hope so. Otherwise, I see a global dissolution of culture into armed barbarism. I may be dead before it becomes really bad, but I truly fear for the children and their children.