No, we don't.

There is no need to cater to the insane asylum.


That being said, if the government should be doing research at all (it shouldn't) then I agree fusion should be the focus. When fusion is viable, the world changes forever.

 

Interesting quote from your link: It's important to note that this fallacy should not be used to dismiss the claims of experts, or scientific consensus

 

Either tolerate them or shoot them. I'd rather try to tolerate them first. I've seen first hand on the ground what civil instability looks like.

Fusion is already viable. It can even generate a slight net positive output. Needs to be more economical.

 

Except that there isn't consensus in the scientific community on the cause of climate change.

 

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/begging-the-question

The burden of evidence in scientific realms say otherwise.

But you already knew this.

 

I'm not going to change my lifestyle bad on alarmists nonsense. Shame me all to want, I just don't care.

 

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).

 

We are not running out of places to dispose of trash. And there is strong speculation that oil is in fact a renewable resource.

 

Oil is renewable? Are you serious? Please cite your sources.