Originally Posted by
Dave Cutter
We're pretty much in agreement MUCH of the world is currently at... or approaching where America was at a century ago.
They will do as they damn well please.... unless we commit ourselves to kill them all. And even if that is what "fighting climate change" (that we hear about) actually does mean. We could very well loose such a violent conflict. But... apparently your all in.
In reality.... if you've never seen an omelet being made... it might appear overwhelmingly messy. I think Earth has a 3 billion years left in it. The planet will be fine.
There are options other than violent conflict or giving in to another country. Many of the problems we face today are global in nature and will require multi-national co-operation. The world is just now entering a process of again trying to come to international agreement on carbon abatement measures. Virtually the entire world has agreed on these measures in the past, other than the United States and to a lesser extent China. But without the co-operation and leadership of the two biggest economies, global success is much less likely and a deadly climate change will begin.