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Originally Posted by LostCause
I'm impressed by your line of thinking, but I was trying to make an argument beyond global warming. Imagine a hypothetical version of today's world. No one has ever heard of global warming, oil isn't going to run out for 1000 years, resources and pollution are being perfectly maintained, but our American lifestyle is exactly the same. In this hypothetical world, we consume without consequence.
Now, I wonder to myself is that so bad? Does that system need to change? The conclusion I keep coming to is always yes. For reasons that science doesn't need to answer, valueing material consumption above all feels morally degrading. Something just feels corrupt about sacrificing your life for a bigger paycheck. It is on those grounds that I wholly support global warming and the change it brings about.
Don't get me wrong, I completely believe in man made global warming and that it has the potential to significantly alter the modern day world. For me, when people make an argument against the existence of global warming I think they are missing the point. Global warming isn't the real issue, it's something much deeper and more fundamental. Even if they accomplish the heroic task of proving the earth is in homeostasis, they still lose.
Oh, and if any of this seems a bit "out there," I'll be the first to admit I'm not very practical.
- LostCause
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If you enjoying reading, and have not read read Walden, by Henry Thoreau, I highly recommend it to you. He was denouncing material possessions and consumption, at a practical level and as a layman, long before global warming was a concern. He has taught me a lot.