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KLC Lewis wrote:

Remove the money and power from the "global warming" issue and let's
see just how much "concern" remains.


At the present time, Environmental Science is being taught from an
economics standpoint in both high school and colleges in the US. That
conbtributes to the problem and obfuscates the real science that should
be studied.

Not at all. It's a reality-based approach. Environmental Science is
integrally linked to economics. Wasn't that an argument in this thread?
If you take the money away, the problem will go away, right?

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That is partially my point, yes, but not entirely. Remove the "boondoggle"
aspect, including all the government handouts, corporate welfare, grants,
etc., and the clamor over "We've go to act NOW!" will likely diminish
significantly. None of this is about "Saving the Planet," as it is being
touted. Rather, it's about keeping the planet static -- which is an
impossibility.

In the course of human history, we have adapted to an ever-changing
planet. That is what has allowed us to thrive. The most rational reaction
to coastal flooding is to move further inland -- not to attempt to keep
the oceans from rising. If Las Vegas runs out of water, it's not a
national disaster, but chickens coming home to roost. The human ability to
modify our environment only goes so far -- in the end, we have to accept
that the Earth itself is far more powerful than we are, and adapt to its
changes.



Interesting way to look at the disaster that's our own making... I think we
need to fix our problems, urgent problems that affect the hordes of people
who would move away from the coasts (for example) but are unable to do so.
There's an economic issue that is being swept under the rug with this sort
of argument. Not only are the vast numbers of poor unable to "just move,"
but the cost of relocating them and/or populations centers is non-trivial,
and would make the currect financial debacle look like a zit on a flea's
butt.




It's somewhat ironic, the people who should be embracing this concept,
that is that we should try to do something about global warming, man
made or not, are the same who are saying "nothing can be done". There
exists opportunity for making great gobs of money here. Just look at
wind turbine production in the US.

In 2006, there were only two blade production facilities in the US, by
the end of 2008 there were eight. By 2011 the US is expected to exceed
Germany in installed wind energy conversion plant. These things are not
cheap, about a dollar a watt installed cost, and we are talking about
thousands of megawatts, somebody is making money. That they are
coincidently doing something positive for the environment is nice, but
is certainly not the motive driving these installations.

A typical wind farm will run from $500 million to $2 billion, you think
tree huggers are providing the capital for these?

Cheers
Martin