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Alright y& #39;all, let& #39;s do this. I& #39;ll start bluntly. It EXASPERATES me when folks contend that the climate isn’t impacted by humans. Come on. The combined activity of 7.9 billion people on a planet is going to have some level of impact. Arguing otherwise is nonsense.
Years ago, I heard T Boone Pickens asked if he "believed" in climate change. He nailed it. He said (paraphrased from memory), "of course humans impact the climate. That& #39;s obvious. We just need to figure out to what extent we can do something about it."
Now, here& #39;s a problem. Many activists have ulterior motives, using trendy topics to push an agenda. If you use climate activism to push anti-capitalist, anti-animal ag, etc. agendas, I& #39;ve got no time for you. You& #39;re doing the climate a disservice with your dishonesty.
Now, I& #39;m speaking to my rural and ag people: if you bow out of the climate convo and deny it& #39;s a thing, you just let the agenda-driven activists control the narrative and you& #39;re worse off than if you had engaged. Let& #39;s engage and do it honestly. We& #39;ve got something to sell.
I& #39;m a Christian, but no matter your position on Earth& #39;s origin, we should agree on basic principles:
1. We have a resilient planet.
2. Resilience doesn& #39;t mean impervious to harm.
3. It& #39;s the height of human arrogance to think we don& #39;t owe it some level of stewardship & care.
1. We have a resilient planet.
2. Resilience doesn& #39;t mean impervious to harm.
3. It& #39;s the height of human arrogance to think we don& #39;t owe it some level of stewardship & care.
So let& #39;s talk #3. My man @Tye_KC already predicted this segment. An "externality" is a cost or benefit that affects a third party without their involvement. (example: secondhand smoke). Similarly, every single human activity has an environmental impact, some small and some large.
We can& #39;t fully eliminate human environmental impacts, but we CAN deal with it honestly. We can make good public policy decisions that figure out how/when to minimize impacts and what& #39;s the best net positive for society.
See this related thread for some of my thoughts on having an intelligent policy conversation about fossil fuels (which isn& #39;t as much fun as shameless political antics): https://twitter.com/jamesdecker2006/status/1382792627343351813?s=20">https://twitter.com/jamesdeck...
