Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: Time to go on the record [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)What good is just trying plain old adaptation without trying to mitigate the problem? Sorry to say this, but this kind of thinking kinda reminds me of what Exxon executive Rex Tlllerson said not long ago concerning his views on the issue. To be perfectly honest here, adaptation without working towards solutions will, sadly, have a very low rate of success and may even have a high chance of unintended consequences as well(I am reminded of a 'Canticle for Liebowitz', in which books of learning were destroyed and the title character had to found a Catholic order to save them, for which he was martyred for doing so.....). To do nothing, may perhaps be the biggest act of hubris, even if unintended, perhaps, other than deliberately contributing to the problem.
The one good thing that's coming out of all this is that more and more people are demanding that solutions be worked on, because the gravity of the problem at hand requires such.