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Originally Posted by suspectnumber961
As far as global warming goes, I haven't been impacted by it yet, and I don't foresee my life being much different if the climate is a couple degrees warmer over the course of many decades.
I imagine we will be fretting over something entirely different within a decade. Iranian nuclear weapons perhaps? I dunno, but I'm fairly certain it won't be the weather.
 I can just see you maybe 20 yrs in the future....with some amount of environmental degradation surrounding you...but you see a flower blooming and call it a miracle? And maybe it will be much more of a miracle at that point.....? But as long as you are happy..... 
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20 years from now I do anticipate happiness. No doubt I will mourn the loss of some things and rejoice the gain of others. Mostly I find the notion of humans having the capacity to wholly destroy nature egotistic. Certainly we impact the environment, and might even significantly change it, but it's not going away.
I do consider myself an environmentalist. Being a good steward of resources is important to me. Heck, I've even planted or otherwise cared for thousands of new trees. Perhaps the difference between me and other environmentalists is that I am not fearful of change.
We generally do a good job of solving the problems we create. Heck, 100 years ago the US had much fewer trees and old growth forests, but we decided that it was valuable and now our forests have been vastly improved. I remember LA smog being much worse in the early 80s; cars now emit just a fraction of those pollutants due to regulation. In my school days, the doomsday topic was ozone depletion, but I don't hear so much as a whisper about it now. Actually, 20 years from now I envision nearly zero smog from vehicles because I expect most will be electric.
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Or are you just irresponsible?
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I am heinously irresponsible, just like everyone. I accept that my existence will cause destruction. I'm a consumer that isn't content to live in a cave and subsist on berries. I want a big TV, a comfortable house, and toys in the garage.
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CO2 levels rise 6-7% in one year?
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I searched for this and found no evidence. Care to point me in the right direction?
Interesting site, although I did not state that there have not been changes, only that I have not been significantly impacted.
As climate change slowly makes some areas unstable for certain activities, we will move to other places that those activities are suitable. Humans have been doing this since our beginning.
I'm not denying the human contribution to global climate change or even saying we should do nothing about it, all I'm saying is there is not compelling reason to be fearful of the future because of it.
My mantra is something along these lines-
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference