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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
The one who places fewer barriers to the implementation of practical solutions, instead of imposing problems in order to sell a false solution.
Raising all hell to prevent some bio-remediation approaches which could lead to a much lesser disruption to the average Joe's life also doesn't seem logical, yet it's what most politicians seem to endorse nowadays in a worldwide basis. This is why sometimes I take some global warming claims with a grain of salt, when practical solutions which seem to have fewer downsides are neglected in order to promote fancier approaches which in turn may become too expensive and unpractical.
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I think we simply have differences of opinion, and that's ok. I'll say just one more thing and quit.
What are practical solutions and what are false solutions? All I see among politicians are those who feel there is a problem and think they can fix it so make more restrictions, and those who say there isn't a problem and so loosen the restrictions. I don't think ignoring the problem and loosening restrictions is a practical solution. I don't think there is a practical solution. And politicians aren't the only ones with wants and desires. People in general have their own goals and desires. Telling them something they don't want to hear isn't easy. Just because everyone wants to drive a car doesn't make it harmless.
If cars and power plants and the like are destroying the planet and the quickest solution is to just stop driving, using electricity, etc., how do you implement that without disrupting the average Joe's life? If scientists say we need to reverse the damage done wouldn't measures that only lessen the damage being done still be damaging? I don't think there is a practical solution. I don't think EVs are the solution. I don't think public transportation is the solution. I really don't know what mankind can do about it.
I have friends in many places around the world. I've seen an increase in hurricanes, drought, tornadoes and the like. I've been in a hurricane, I've been in a couple storms close to several tornadoes, in one with softball sized hail smashing down on my car with me and my family inside it. We no longer get the snow we used to, in fact there are years that we get less than an inch that sticks around, a huge difference to the several feet we used to get that was so deep you had to tunnel into your house. Reservoirs are dry, there isn't enough water. Forest fires are at an all time high.
I don't think politicians have the ability to fix the problem. If people are hooked on electricity and automobiles and we've already pumped too much CO2 into the atmosphere, what can be done? Build fireproof, hurricaneproof and tornadoproof houses and cars I guess and just continue as we have.