Ocean Acidification Is Climate Change's 'Equally Evil Twin,' NOAA Chief Says

[Gregorian]

28. Don't be disingenuous, we're talking about modern living here.

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We're going to have a billion more cars on the road soon. And everyone who is living a modern lifestyle isn't going back. Are you going to start taking cold showers? No. So at this point in time the only truly important thing to discuss is population.

I would like to add an important premise to this discussion. Shouldn't we be enjoying modern society? Shouldn't everyone be able to have health care, dental care, and all of the things that come with 20th century living? I certainly wouldn't want a root canal without the proper array of advanced materials that avoid the extreme discomfort. And the convenience derived from the things we developed over the last centuries.

There is a problem with this scenario. We can argue, but there is a true limit that exists. Only so much energy, material, waste can be created before we encounter the problems we're encountering now. We're already over the limit.

I'd like to see everyone living above a nominal level.