I don’t believe that the ultimate solution is ignoring the root cause of the problem (and even accelerating it)China approved equivalent of two new coal plants a week in 2022, report finds | CNN Business
China is surging ahead with coal, a new report shows, rapidly approving and building new power plants despite its own promises to cut back on carbon as the world plunges ever deeper into the climate crisis.amp.cnn.com
As I’ve said off years, we better be spending money on dealing with a warmer environment. Our sole focus on the foolhardy belief the US can halt or even significantly flow climate change is finally being realized as a fantasy. How can a washed up lawyer in Tulsa know more than the governments of the world? Possibly because I don’t have an agenda or a financially driven motive?
I’ve never said to ignore the root of the problem. What I’ve said is to face the reality of the world we live in the the players therein and also spend money on dealing with the inevitable. I believe more strongly today than ever that I have been correct.
Believe whatever you want. I just don’t believe you are appropriately estimating the scale of of cost necessary for “living with climate change”
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I do understand basic mathematics and believe I’ve been correct in my statement that global emissions will surge past the so-called “drop dead line” and there is zero the US can do to prevent the same. The events of the last several years have justified my prediction. That said….I assume the cost will be great. However, as I’ve said many times, we aren’t going to have an option. Mathematics tells us as much. Better start planning instead of sticking our heads in the sand. Developing nations aren’t going to cut their emissions anytime soon.
You can’t just keep putting gauze on the hemorrhaging wound. Yes, China and others are not helping. If you want to survive, you have to make them fall in line by whatever means necessary. Yes, you might have to live with higher temperatures… but the magnitude of the temperature rise is largely determined by us addressing the cause of the problem, not just handing everyone an ice cube to keep themselves cool.
Your solution is based on us being able to “make them fall in line”. That has not, is not, and will not happen….ever. As such, your solution has zero chance of success. Something I’ve been saying for years. Imagine a world where China approved the construction of over 100 coal fired plants last year. The most since 2015. These plants are going to emit tons of CO2 for years. Yeah….we’re going to force them to fall in line. 😂. It is what it is. We better plan accordingly.
Then you better kiss your butt goodbye (or tell your children to kiss theirs) because you’re out of options. There is no “plan accordingly” unless you’re talking about colonizing and cannibalizing another planet, which is basically the plot of Interstellar.
This is obviously our fault but just fyi at what China is doing :
I’m 100% confident my butt is going to be just fine. Assume my kids will be as well but that is more up in the air. I continue to believe the greatest immediate threat to humanity is the release of a genetically engineered virus. Might be able to add AI to that shortly.
AI is overblown in terms of danger other than it taking jobs. Global armed conflicts and migrant crises due to changing climates are practically inevitable.
A lot of people who are commenting publicly aren’t experts at all. I direct a team that works on it every day and most of my reading the past few years has been related to it. It presents issues in terms of ethics and social implications, but it can be guard railed. We are a long long way from skynet lol.
Lol, you mis-characterize my argument. I said specifically that there is no way to reverse course in relation to climate change. It’s a one way street…. The opposite of current AI which all resides on a bunch of servers That can be unplugged at will.
Actually you mischaracterize my argument. I was referring to reversing course on our policies, to mitigate the speed at which the problem is decaying. Which is not possible. China, India, and Africa will negate any of our efforts beneficial effects.
Just to be clear….do you support a parent being able to permanently change a child’s sexual parts via surgery or chemical prior to said child reaching puberty ?
I believe some adolescents should be allowed to choose what gender they identify with, though I would prefer that actual surgeries be held off until they’re of legal age to consent. Some of the problem we’re having here is that kids wanted to identify as opposite genders and were not allowed to do so, partially because of the argument that their sexual parts remain from their previous genders.
I have zero issues with kids identifying with the sex of their choice. My son had a 14 year old girl over to our house last night who is currently identifying as a boy. Keep in mind she’s changed her gender identity twice in the last six months. I do have an issue with allowing minors who the government says aren’t mature enough to buy chewing tobacco to permanently alter their sexual parts via surgery or chemicals. There’s a vast difference in allowing a 14 year old the freedom to identity as a particular sex and allowing them to make permanent physical changes….or moreover allowing their parents to make those changes on younger kids.
they arent mature enough to drive, vote, sign some legal documents, marry, live alone, get a job, ...
I dont disagree about the surgery choice. I do also recognize that the lack of freedom to make such a decision could cause much mental anguish for some adolescents, which is unfortunate but probably prudent.
As some of the effects from hormone therapy are permanent I would set a minimum age for the same. I would throw out 15-16 year of age for discussion. I acknowledged it’s difficult to take into consideration what’s best for the child while understanding that same child possibly lacks the maturity to make permanent life altering decisions. There’s an argument to be made for both sides.
I see your point… I would assert that teens have been choosing to deface their body without their parents permission for generations now. Kids getting tattoos behind their parents back for instance. It might be personal preference but I would rather the kid deface their body in a managed way with the consultation of a doctor than in an uncontrolled manner via self harm / cutting which has been a worse trend than many people realize for the past couple decades.
It is illegal in every state for anyone to give a child under 18 a tattoo. The reasoning is the same with tobacco and other age restricted activities. Minors often lack good judgment.
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It’s illegal in every state to do so…without the consent of a parent*** Some states do allow it with parental consent.It is illegal in every state for anyone to give a child under 18 a tattoo. The reasoning is the same with tobacco and other age restricted activities. Minors often lack good judgment.
The science behind why teenagers make such bad decisions
According to recent studies, the part of the brain that controls rational decision-making doesn't fully develop until early adulthood.
If the drugs taken have no permanent effects my opinion does somewhat change here.
I do think there are real problems, but "AI taking all the jobs" is actually the least of my main concerns.
Isn't Pence's point that he knows better than parents and that his evangelically driven view should be enforced on all families? In school districts across the country parents are asserting that in the area of sex and gender, parents have the final say, even as to what books are in a school or public library. Yet when it comes to far more personal and individual decisions, only the evangelical view is acceptable?
The fact that a doctor is willing to remove the genitalia of a 14 year old boy he’s met once (maybe twice) in exchange for $10k does not persuade me. Society protects children from themselves and others for a reason. Whether it’s contract law or prohibiting the purchase of certain products and services.
