Then, for one possibility, we are unnecessarily hindering our technological advancements in the effort to mitigate an effect that is negligible.
How would "going green" hinder our technological advancement? I would think that seeking out and perfecting alternative sources of energy might actually open up new possibilities for advancement, but even if not, I fail to see how it would hinder us.
One point is that the people who are benefiting for the Global Warming "hoax" are using the scare as a tactic to make money off the green scene.
As opposed to people making money off of the polluting, wasteful, war-inducing "non-green" scene? I don't see the problem here.
None of those things are bad things.
I'm glad you agree
The point is that if nothing that we do matters WRT Global Warming, then those things are the "hoax" that others are getting rich off off.
Again, I don't see the problem with people making money from green policies which, as you concede, are good things.
Plus,. if it is a hoax (and we are the only one "doing anything" about and thus the only ones "falling for it" then we will be putting ourselves in the back of the pack.
Again, I don't see how developing alternative sources of energy, recycling, being less wasteful, etc will put us "in the back of the pack." Please explain.
One good reason is that China and India are going to make negligible the effects that the U.S. has on the global ecology, and then by limiting our technological advancements, we are going to put ourselves behind them. Among others things. That's just one interpretation.
So we shouldn't do anything because China and India aren't in a position (yet) to take the lead in being more green? I doubt they are going to surpass us in economic/political dominance on the world stage because we wanted wind power. I think it will have much more to do with their massive (and cheap!) workforce and, in the case of China, fierce capitalism (low worker protections/wages and lax environmental and safety regulations) combined with totalitarianism (protest the conditions and see what happens). Do you think we should be like China and completely eliminate workplace, safety and environmental regulations so we can compete? I hardly think you will enjoy the reduced standard of living in America if we do.
And again, I don't see how we would fall behind in technological advancements by developing new technologies.
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