Submitted by Skywatcher on October 9, 2007 - 8:05pm.
Exactly my point darkstorme. You made estimations on the probability of each of the occurences when evaluating each of the scenarios that I proposed and dismissed taking action based on those probabilities. That was what was missing from the video and why the debate is so critical. Your percentage estimation on whether Global Climate Change will have catastrophic consequences is the central point of the debate. Some very smart people think the chance is 0%. Some other very smart people think the chance is 100%. For the guy in the video to push people to public action without even addressing how he would determine the probability of the occurence encourages people to not think and just act based on a simplistic scheme. I think there are more responsible approaches.
There are other big problems in the world and limited resources, Aids, Hunger, Genocide, that sort of thing among many others. Expending resources to prevent Global Climate change takes resources away from other efforts since the amount of resources is finite. So we have to decide how best to expend limited resources. I think at this point there is enough information on Global Climate Change to warrant additional research but not demand drastic lifestyle changes that have other negative consequences. That's just my opinion. Once there is strong evidence of a likely risk then action will seem more prudent but for now I have not been convinced that this particular issue is more that a political tool for some to persuade others to follow their particular agenda.
Re: Is this the most terrifying video you'll ever see?
Exactly my point darkstorme. You made estimations on the probability of each of the occurences when evaluating each of the scenarios that I proposed and dismissed taking action based on those probabilities. That was what was missing from the video and why the debate is so critical. Your percentage estimation on whether Global Climate Change will have catastrophic consequences is the central point of the debate. Some very smart people think the chance is 0%. Some other very smart people think the chance is 100%. For the guy in the video to push people to public action without even addressing how he would determine the probability of the occurence encourages people to not think and just act based on a simplistic scheme. I think there are more responsible approaches.
There are other big problems in the world and limited resources, Aids, Hunger, Genocide, that sort of thing among many others. Expending resources to prevent Global Climate change takes resources away from other efforts since the amount of resources is finite. So we have to decide how best to expend limited resources. I think at this point there is enough information on Global Climate Change to warrant additional research but not demand drastic lifestyle changes that have other negative consequences. That's just my opinion. Once there is strong evidence of a likely risk then action will seem more prudent but for now I have not been convinced that this particular issue is more that a political tool for some to persuade others to follow their particular agenda.