What Environmental Reporting Leaves Out

[AverageJoe90]

18. I'm not exactly optimistic, CRH.

Believe me when I say that. We've only seen about .8*C of warming so far, and it's already proven to have caused significant problems for people in many parts of the world. And when you accuse me of seeing the world thru rose-colored glasses, do you truly honestly think for one second, that the very real possibility of tens of millions of people in China, and India, and much of Africa dying from climate-change induced famine is optimistic? Or the fact that cities like New Orleans, Miami, Calcutta, and Havana could be lost to sea-level rise for goodness knows how many centuries? Or the possibility that over a third of species could go extinct, and that about half of our coral reefs are at risk of dying? Do you really think I'm all that optimistic? Fuck no.

And before you lecture me again on not taking things into account, I most certainly have taken everything into account. Over and over again. But some people are just too obsessed with doomsday scenarios to give a shit about dissenting opinions. And that is a cause for great concern.

What really bothers me is that there are people who talk about Earth being doomed as it's a sure thing, and that we can't do anything. It really is a religion of sorts with these wonky weirdos, just like deniers pray at the feet of Monckton, Lindzen, Christy, et al.(well, not literally, but you get the point), and not only thta but I keep finding some remarkable similarities between the Apocalyptic set and the anti-AGW "skeptics" when it comes to certain things, particularly when it comes to dealing with the climate, that there's nothing that can be done, only using different wording and terminology.

Here's a statement from Chris Booker:
"It's too hard
"The fact is that there is no one in the world who can explain how we could cut our emissions by four fifths without shutting down virtually all our existing economy. What carries this even further into the higher realms of lunacy is that such a Quixotic gesture would do nothing to halt the world’s fast-rising CO2 emissions, already up 40 per cent since 1990. There is no way for us to prevent the world’s CO2 emissions from doubling by 2100" (Christopher Booker)"

Right outta the horse's mouth. So why are people on our side still buying this baloney? Absurd, and that's putting it very lightly and very politely too.

For those people out there who keep pushing this crap, it is seriously time to stop playing these games. It hasn't done a damn thing to benefit us and, as I've had to point out, over and over, this is actually helping the very same people working to keep the truth out of the public mindset and making the jobs of people like Peter Sinclair and the Skeptical Science people that much harder. That's how serious this is.