Originally Posted by
lightspeed12
Very good post, BUT let's take a more balanced point of view.
The frustrating thing about climate change discussions is that people take it to the extreme on both sides of the argument. Similar to politics in the US.
I agree that the natural effects you mentioned likely outweigh the man made effects (which DO exist). However, the unfortunate danger of this conclusion is that people will think they have a green pass to whatever they please with the environment.
Consider this simple thought...
Ignore the greenhouse effect discussions. Look at raw resources. We have a LIMITED amount of coal, oil, iron, etc on Earth. As a simple math problem, one day we will run out of 1) materials to use to feed our ever-growing society and 2) places to throw our trash away. We need to do a better job in using our resources in a more sustainable way.
Renewables don't exist. We don't have the resources, or technology to store energy on an industrial scale. That's why every major University, and science foundation is working on the space based solar farm. You basically have four choices to deal with the climate, continue on as is, live in the stone age, build a solar space farm the size of Australia, or have nuclear(fission/fusion).