Quote Originally Posted by Necron99 View Post
For all the hype and hysteria it's all very simple.
1.We breath the air, do you think it is a good idea to allow the unregulated contamination of the air with non breathable compounds and gasses?
2. Forests both produce oxygen and store harmful gases and promote biodiversity. Do you think it is a good idea to allow the continued clearing without regeneration of old growth forests?
3. The ocean both produces oxygen and stored harmful gasses. Is the continued overfishing, reduction in biodiversity and pollution of the oceans resulting in enormous dead zones where all life has been destroyed and the giant pacific garbage patch a good idea?

The world in general and the West in particular has reached a level of prosperous consumption that cannot be sustained at the cheap prices of today. A new phone every year, a new computer every 2, eating out of season cherries that have been flown half way around the world, all at the cost of destroying the planet we live on and expecting our descendants to pick up the tab.

They will look back on us as greedy, selfish twats. Much the same as when we look at tintypes of loggers cutting down 20ft wide redwoods or think of the sailors killing the last of the dodos.
But hey, as long as your BigMac doesn't cost more than a buck fifty, and the plasma on the the back of your toilet door is as big as possible, who cares?

Totally agree.

But what you're talking about is overconsumption and pollution not GW.