We have to wait and see "how things shake out". I have no problem with that statement.
dik said:
We don't know the extent of the change.
Fair enough. But, I'm' rationally looking at the projections that have been made by the scientist that are being promoted by the doomsday alarmists. We don't know that these will be the final numbers. But, it is a reasonable place to start when responding to the alarmist rhetoric. I'm just using the projected changes over the next 40 to 100 years. And, comparing that to things that we've adapted to in the past.
dik said:
In addition, adaptation takes time.
Certainly. It takes some time. Though certainly our advanced technology allows us (as a society, not as a species) to adapt faster than ever before. We can walk on the moon. We can voyage to the bottom of the ocean floor. I think we can figure out to handle a slightly higher temperature. LOL
dik said:
Things may be changing far faster than they ever have in past.
This is the part that's comically false. At least in terms of ocean's rising and reefs "bleaching". We have the data from the ocean's rising 130 meters over about a thousand years or something right? That was 10 times faster than the worst projections from the scientists that is causing the alarmists to poop their pants and worry about the end of our planet. LOL.
CO2 rising. Yes, this is faster. But, temperature changes. Please. We've have global temperature fluctuations way worse than the 1.5 degrees C that everyone is worried about.
How much did Krakatoa affect the climate worldwide? That was something like a VERY rapid temperature change of something like 0.8 degrees C worldwide in 1883. What about Mt. St. Helens? That caused a temperature change of 8 degrees Celsius though that was localized to the northwest. Heck, when the great asteroid hit the planet and wiped out the dinosaurs that's what allowed mammals to thrive because we're better suited for temperature fluctuations than reptiles.
This isn't to say that global warming isn't "bad". But, it does put it into perspective. The world is not going to end. There will be problems, but they will be manageable. It is almost a certainty that the cost associated with preventing climate change will be orders of magnitude higher than the cost of adapting and mediating it. Heck, the loss of life that would be caused by an all out effort to stop climate change would be orders of magnitude larger than the loss of life associated with letting it happen and just adaption to it and trying to lessen our CO2 emissions in a economically efficient way.
