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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Translation: "I'm not just rude on the internet, but also in real life."
Anyway, forget global warming for a minute. Do you think we should try to cut consumption and pollution, or should we keep polluting more and more every year?
Even if we aren't causing the climate to change (I happen to believe we are), shouldn't we at least try to slow down all the burning of oil and coal because it's bad for reasons other than climate change?
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Even if I believed the man caused global warming myth I wouldn't put a moments effort into curbing consumption. Curbing consumption would reduce the price of a barrel of crude. Also it would decrease Canadian wealth because until a cheaper source of energy is found carbon burning is the basis for all industry. What curbing consumption here or America wouldn't do is curb emissions. The available crude would be purchased by other countries who are expanding their GDP. More than likely carbon emissions world wide would increase because the countries who purchase what Canada/USA didn't consume would likely have lower emissions standards.
If Canada wanted to curb world consumption they would leave more of it in the ground.
Cutting emissions through research and implementing higher emission standards as the technology advances is something Canada can do. Less pollution is never a bad thing. But this idea of carbon rationing will only decrease Canadian wealth. It will solve nothing and lessen our ability to compete globally or respond to climate change in constructive ways.