So what if it does? Why should the “greenies” have to say a word about it? It’s not man generated and it’s almost certainly not something we can bring under control with modern technology. It’s the luck of the draw that nature hands us and we just have to cop it. As such there is really no point in worrying about it or expecting comment on it. But that’s not true of man made climate change. On that count we can’t blame nature or say it’s not within our control. And as the famous League coaching maxim goes - you should worry about the things you can control, not the things you can’t.
We have the technology, or at least the current scientific knowledge to develop the technology, to power our global civilisation without pumping high levels of gases into the atmosphere that we know add to climate change. But because it might be financially less convenient to switch technological horses, we have this so called “sceptic” rearguard action frantically fighting reality as long as possible to preserve the status quo. That is the literal inconvenient truth that the movie took its title from. It’s going to be mega expensive and not nearly as financially profitable to change our ways than to just keep going and to just keep cashing in.
But here’s the situation. Essentially we’re shitting in our own lounge rooms because it’s too much effort to walk out to the toilet. We can either stop adding to the shit now and try and minimise the consequences of the pile of shit we’ve already got in our lounge room or we can continue ignoring it until we’re faced with the global atmospheric equivalent of cholera. It’s going to take a lot of effort and a lot of sacrificed wealth to deal with this situation but in the long run it’ll cost our civilisation a whole shitload less (pun intended) than delaying until it really does reach the equivalent of global atmospheric cholera. At that point it won’t be a financial question, it’ll be an existential one.
Leigh.
For a start I'm not arguing against humans stuffing things up.I'm responding to the comment about coal at this point in time.I see the result of pollution every time I go to the beach,the brown smog that envelops the city.
If I had any choice ,I would shock horror, work on nuclear fuels ,and wind down coal completely.I'm not a fan of coal, but it is what it is now, and turning off the tap immediately just won't work.
Of course greenies have no control over volcanoes,,but wouldn't it be nice if they noted in their points apart from volcanoes having an impact, humans doing more damage and adding to the problem.
And I find it repulsive that a Yank politician and presidential candidate makes millions for himself,whiilst spruiking the obvious need to do something about global warming.
I have children and want a better cleaner world than the one were living in for them.
Anycase this is not about stadiums.so I'm no more going to rant.
