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Originally Posted by aerostealth
Climate change represents a existential threat to humanity...
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No, it doesn't.
I have never heard of a scientist listing global warming as possibly causing human extinction. There is a much higher chance of AI annihilating humanity, and that isn't looking probable considering the difficulty my Roomba has annihilating dirt on the floors. I'd put GW just below 7-Eleven 64oz Slurpees as a threat to overall human well-being.
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Originally Posted by aerostealth
Solar has nothing to do with saving money on energy and everything to do with reducing your carbon footprint. We are never going to be able to really start mitgating climate change until the powers that be get their head out of their asses and tax carbon appropriately. I have 5.1 KW of grid tie solar so i know what i am speaking about.
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Economics has everything to do with everything. Why should a person be concerned with reducing their carbon emissions when the benefits of doing so cannot even remotely be measured, yet the impact to their personal well-being can easily be measured? I'm not saying this is the right attitude that people have, just that fighting human nature is a loosing proposition.
Regardless, global warming won't even break the top 20 worst things to happen to humanity in the next 100 years. Humans directly harming humans is a much greater problem. Another top problem is nature harming humans with disease. I'd rank global warming at about the same threat level as people talking on their cell phone while driving. It seems most others agree with my assessment since, as you say, the powers that be have their heads in their asses.