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It seems a lot of the debate centers around whether climate change is happening, or whether it's manmade or a natural cycle.

But assuming it IS happening and it IS because of us, what exactly would the solution be?

Enact policies to curb carbon emissions and encourage the development of alternative energy sources (aside: why do all you global warming hippies geek over solar and wind and not suggest the obvious pragmatic tech of nuclear power?)? Do we force other countries to do the same? Go to war over it?

It seems a lot of the debate centers around whether climate change is happening, or whether it's manmade or a natural cycle. But assuming it IS happening and it IS because of us, what exactly would the solution be? Enact policies to curb carbon emissions and encourage the development of alternative energy sources (aside: why do all you global warming hippies geek over solar and wind and not suggest the obvious pragmatic tech of nuclear power?)? Do we force other countries to do the same? Go to war over it?

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I always find it somewhat amusing and annoying when people debate things like this.

Why?

Well gee if we go solar blah blah blah. You know what? The US, Canada etc going solar does not amount to shit. If North American went 100% solar / vegan - means jack squat. Why? Oh, but muh lotsa cars in 'Merica!

The rest of the world. Americans are VERY self centered and often think they can solve or are the source of the world's problems (I'm American by the way).

MOST countries in the world, could give a fuck about the environment, climate change etc etc. Think all of Africa. think India and the Stans. Think China. Indonesia, Philippines, Brazil......now you are getting it. The population in those countries make up a HUGE percent of the whole world and for the most part, they could not give a fuck about climate change. Until you have a solution that entices THEM to change, you don't have shit.

Just research Indonesia totally erasing the forests for muh profit. I would say they do more damage in a month than the USA does in a year. Just spitballing.

But yeah. Only way to fix, is let mother earth do her thing by a mass extinction event.

That or one world government with basic income like Star Trek type future where profit is not the sole driver of damn near everything.

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This is more or less my view. Maybe the green people want that star trek galactic govt to enforce emmissions control? Or maybe they just haven't thought it through.