I reckon it's just human arrogance at work again. We vastly overstate our importance. However, the world clearly is changing, so let's adapt to that shit, because we won't be able to affect it either way.
This is pretty spot on. No doubt, humans are accelerating the process in some way, as we are throwing the environment out of shape. Not just by carbon emissions but by exploitation of resources, habitat destruction and so forth. Part of humanity thinks we are the apex predator, realistically, mother nature could wipe us all out - natural disaster have proven the catastrophic affects they can have.
I remember reading a scientific article a few backs, how through inductive (or deductive) reasoning, he calculated we are just about to start another mass extinction due to our arrogance.
I think its hard to deny our pollution isn't doing something. What it is doing is the real debate.
In my mind I find the human species to be needlessly wasteful and environmentally destructive. The problem with my view is those who share my view do so in a religious way.
The problem is this.
Okay, let's cut down these 10,000 trees, build houses, destroy habitats, contribute to landfill, dump out sewerage over there. It will be fine, we don't need to give anything back kind of mentality.
It doesn't work that way. It's time we start being more environmentally conscious to the way the earth is changing, but also the way we are poisoning it.
We are Drew, but we are working our way out of that, slowly.
The problem that everyone overlooks while driving Priuses and using bio degradeable cups is that the world is on different playing fields. We had our industrial revolution, but plenty of lesser countries are still going through theirs. Now we are enlightened to the fact that we f**ked up, but nothing will change unless we stop these second world countries from going through their revolutions. That is just not going to happen.
But, if the major developed countries who are still the majority of said damage are more conscious, more aware - we can start now, for the better, for future generations.
It's all about "Building a better future" (South park style).
Solar is definitely better than wind. But We should concentrate on Nuclear energy. The Greens can go and get f**ked.
Agree, nuclear certainly has some brilliant benefits and is rather clean.
I like to deliberately annoy Canadians by asking them which state they are from.
:lol: Seems like something you'd do.
This thought that we can just plow away without negative consequences is madness IMO.
^This
More importantly, just went to the bathroom without my phone, most boring 5 minutes ever!
Rookie mistake, pleb.
The biggest issue with solar/wind farms out in the sticks is the transmission losses in getting the power to where it is consumed. The losses can be significant, like 20%, that reduces their feasibility.
Having solar panels on each hose puts the power directly back into the grid where it is consumed and in the numbers in which it is generated, its been a good move for the govt as it saves them from building new power stations that pollute.
^This.
