Dr. Benny Peiser 09.09.2008 11:16 +Feedback
Klimahysterie: A lost cause
Die Klimahysterie kühlt sich merklich ab und politische Ernüchterung macht sich allenthalben breit. Für Robin Hanson ist das Thema eine verlorene Sache: Sure, many feel “something must be done” about carbon emissions, and “something” will be done, perhaps even at substantial cost. But the world is eager to consume the vast tasty feast that is our oil, coal, and natural gas reserves, and unless a world war installs a world government to police a green ideology inquisition, it seems feast we will. Politically feasible policies might delay this by a decade or two, but without a drastic revolution it seems all that carbon will go into the air over the next century or two. Bottom line: as with rising medical costs, it seems politicians can’t win by solving the problem; they can only deflect blame for failure. You might think “Maybe prospects are dim, but we have to start somewhere, right?” No, when a cause is lost it can be better to switch to not-yet-lost causes">when a cause is lost it can be better to switch to not-yet-lost causes">when a cause is lost it can be better to switch to not-yet-lost causes.
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