Zonie63
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if society really was worried about global warming to the point of demanding that we take serious measures to reduce carbon emissions and take whatever actions are humanly possible to reduce global warming,
There's a dangerous thought in there. One thing from what I posted is this -
a dislike of the human race (The Club of Rome’s work Mankind at the Turning-Point said: “The world has cancer and the cancer is man.”).
Well, sure, it could be dangerous if society really was as worried as that. But for that to happen, there would have to be widespread public and political demand to do so. But at this point, the public has more immediate concerns. Global warming is more of a peripheral concern. It's there, but few people seem to have any idea as to what we can do about it, if anything.
I don't think the human race is a "cancer" or anything like that. But politically, the idea of global warming (and the resulting political proposals to curtail it) might be difficult to sell in a developing world which is trying to industrialize and give their people the same benefits of consumerism that we have come to enjoy. There are billions who want nice homes with hot and cold running water, heating and air conditioning, modern kitchens, cable TV, internet - along with their own cars and the infrastructure needed for a first world standard of living. China and India have over a billion people each, and they're going to want all this stuff, just as we have it. Then there's the rest of Asia, Africa, the Americas... And they're slowly but surely getting it, too. The left favors a better standard of living for the developing world, and the right favors it because it will increase and enhance the global marketplace.
This will take more resources, more industry, more consumption, more pollution, etc. This is even assuming ideal global conditions, both economically and geopolitically (and assuming that we can maintain global production of resources and world food supply, which is kind of iffy right now).
Against that backdrop, it would seem that political ramifications which come from worrying about global warming would be dependent on how big of an actual worry it might be - not just for the U.S. voting public, but on a world-wide scale. That would also give an indication as to how dangerous such a worry might be. As FDR said, "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."
I don't think it would be as bad as Soylent Green, although we'll probably continue to get the usual supply of Soylent Brown we're already getting from the politicians. 
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RE: Who Worries about Global Warming? - 
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I'm sorry, but this is over. You win, you have demonstrated your clear lack of grasp on reality, as well as your clear inability to understand what the definition of critical thinking is. You can regurgitate the definition quite clearly, and you can claim what I have said is not critical thinking, despite the fact that it is. Just because I don't reach the same conclusion you do, does not mean I am not thinking critically. You should take that into consideration the next time you decide to spew verbal vomit, good day 
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