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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Just wow.
Either it is human caused (greenhouse emissions) or it is caused by cyclical temperature change.
It doesn't matter to which degree you believe one or the other is responsible.
It is in our best interest to reduce greenhouse emissions wheher it is responsible for climate change or not.
How do you guys not understand that?
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I'm with Dis here
Unless some here are environmental experts, I don't even know how you can make that call (how much of the global destruction is us?). Whether its 75% or 49% or 10%, we can't continue this trend.
Its funny, back before the Beijing Olympics, alot of people and media were dogpiling China for being dirty and polluted, among other things. However, China has recently been one of the biggest supporters of eco-friendly solutions such as alternative fuelds. China is one of the largest customers of solar cells, and have eco-revolutionary ideas such as eco-city's like Dongtan. As I posted in another thread, I know California has made a push for alternative fuels via tax breaks. Many big companies such as Google at Googleplex are run by solar power and their CEOs and VPs drive (regularly?) solar cars. As solar cells cross the chasm from the early adopters, costs should drop as their material and production costs are similar to regular consumer electronics (ie. just a grid of diodes).
Whats even funnier is ... despite Canada being "clean" I find Canada to be one of the most wasteful countries in the world. Lots of garbage being credited, usage of cars especially heavy fuel consuming trucks and SUVs, etc. The attitudes also seem to me more sloppy and don't-care too.