SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
CLIMATE DEBATES
If you are looking for absolute answers, don’t look here.
Some deny that climate change is an issue to worry about.
Others claim that climate change is the only thing to worry about.
The real question is:
What happens if either side is right or wrong?
Climate Change Advocates:
If these folks are right and we do nothing to change our ways, then the world is toast and our children or grandchildren can kiss it goodbye.
If these folks are wrong but we dramatically change our lives because we believe them, then our life styles will be different and human life on earth will definitely continue.
Climate Change Deniers:
If these folks are right and we do nothing to change our ways, then the world will continue as it has and all will be well.
If these folks are wrong but we do nothing to change our ways, then the world is toast and our children or grandchildren can kiss it goodbye.
What About Risks:
So which path involves taking the greatest risk? Is it in following the climate change deniers or in following the climate change advocates? Clearly the greatest risk is in following the climate change deniers if they turn out to be wrong. If that turns out to be true and yet we follow them, then our fate is sealed.
If one path offers a guarantee of success and another path offers the possibility of failure, which is the more conservative way to go? With the advocates of climate change or with the deniers of climate change? If you want to be certain and to conserve a safe environment on earth without question, then you may need to go with the climate change advocates. If that is of no consequence to you and you are willing to accept the risk of ending life as we have known it on earth so far, then you may be more likely to go with the climate change deniers.
The choice is yours.
