Libertarian environmentalists unite? Libertarianism was probably “left wing” at some point (1770s British Empire, maybe), but whatever. And fuck me, I don’t think we should be putting carbon dioxide into the air like there’s no tomorrow.
Here’s the rub: Modern leftists think a society/social contract like the constitution is less fragile than it is; they don’t appreciate how good we have it, and that it needs preservation (not constant change). They think all of history was this good, and that it can’t get fucked at the drop of a hat.
And many modern right wingers think the global climate is less fragile than it is: they don’t appreciate how good we have it, and that it too needs preservation (not constant change). They think the Earth’s climate was this livable for humans for all of geologic history, and that it can’t get fucked. At least you may be able move to a semi-okay country after leftists fuck this one up (Switzerland?), but you can’t find a better planet or climate than the one we’re literally embedded biologically into. Fuck Greta the self-righteous retard child, but damn.
It's not that I think the climate isn't fragile or that it isn't undergoing constant change, I just think that none of our environmental policies address the most powerful factor influencing our planetary ecosystem (hint: the big glowing ball of plasma in the sky), and that trying to "save the planet" is a Sisyphean effort when we're doing nothing to get China (the biggest human polluter, bar none) to clean up even an ounce of their own trash.
A single volcanic eruption can change the Earth's climate more than all the cars on the road today combined, so if you want to be realistic about climate change, we need to be realistic about our sense of environmental scale and the extent of our ability to change/control it.
Libertarian environmentalists unite? Libertarianism was probably “left wing” at some point (1770s British Empire, maybe), but whatever. And fuck me, I don’t think we should be putting carbon dioxide into the air like there’s no tomorrow.
Here’s the rub: Modern leftists think a society/social contract like the constitution is less fragile than it is; they don’t appreciate how good we have it, and that it needs preservation (not constant change). They think all of history was this good, and that it can’t get fucked at the drop of a hat.
And many modern right wingers think the global climate is less fragile than it is: they don’t appreciate how good we have it, and that it too needs preservation (not constant change). They think the Earth’s climate was this livable for humans for all of geologic history, and that it can’t get fucked. At least you may be able move to a semi-okay country after leftists fuck this one up (Switzerland?), but you can’t find a better planet or climate than the one we’re literally embedded biologically into. Fuck Greta the self-righteous retard child, but damn.
It's not that I think the climate isn't fragile or that it isn't undergoing constant change, I just think that none of our environmental policies address the most powerful factor influencing our planetary ecosystem (hint: the big glowing ball of plasma in the sky), and that trying to "save the planet" is a Sisyphean effort when we're doing nothing to get China (the biggest human polluter, bar none) to clean up even an ounce of their own trash.
A single volcanic eruption can change the Earth's climate more than all the cars on the road today combined, so if you want to be realistic about climate change, we need to be realistic about our sense of environmental scale and the extent of our ability to change/control it.