Who'll stop the rain?
POSTED BY: AaronAgassi
UPDATED: Sunday, September 11, 2005 22:16
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Indeed, possibly the climactic changes are part of a natural cycle. After all, we have lived in an Interglacial, the Ice Age being the normal condition of the Earth. I respectfully submit, however, that none of this makes one iota of difference! Because both the consequences and the remedy remain exactly the same, regardless.
Indeed, another possibility is that increased solar activity is contributing to global warming. If that is true, then, in that case, it will be necessary to achieve a slightly lower level of atmospheric carbon than is ordinarily natural, in order to compensate and preserve a clement climate for the human species.
In summary, my policy would be, quite simply, to safeguard, to extend and to sustain the Interglacial into the foreseeable future.
And no matter what else, the greatest danger remains obliviousness to the limits of our understanding.
Indeed, as for any other considerations, we must weigh the risks of any possible action not only each in it's own right and in comparison each against one another, but also against the foreseeable consequences risked by inaction or by staying whatever the current course, a choice, any choice, being, indeed, a choice, even the default of status quo, for which we will be no less responsible or fatefully consequent. And yes, again, not only feasibility but impact of all options must be studied, and in an urgent hurry.
After all, for another example, the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs was all one hundred percent natural! And it's only a matter of time for us, as well, unless we take appropriate measures of detection and deflection.
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