Freeman Dyson on Global Warming 2of2 Stratospheric Cooling

what does plastic have to do with Climate change?

I love how you think GenXer's play xbox. Wow and McDonalds and Walmart are destroying the earth? What about the Chinese factories and their horrible poluting practices. For the record I agree with Dyson, there is no science here.

When all the trees are dead and gone, all we'll have left to eat is money.

open mouth, insert foot? Oh! You were talking about Monopoly money? How stupid of me.

Whether global warming is true or not is completely irrelevant. We now have less than 10% of the world's rainforest left, and mass extinctions are occurring because of habitat destruction. The global ecology is collapsing and people think the economy is more important. Scientists have been warning us for decades about these things, and people plug their ears because it threatens their throw away lifestyle. What good does a booming economy do us if we have no air, water or food?

@Psychentist

Whether or not its true is completely relevant!

Its the basis for an entire movement, a religion almost, for government policies.
That makes its extremely relevant as to its validity.

You dont convict someone on the basis of false allegations, neither should you base polices that impact on people negatively without being absolutely sure of your facts.
The facts are -Theyre not sure!

Whether or not GLOBAL WARMING is true is irrelevant. That's the point I'm making. We KNOW we are fucking up the earth regardless of whether or not we're changing the temperature.
We should institute policies of responsibility regardless of anything we know because it is the intelligent thing to do!
Or we could continue to be irresponsible morons like yourself.
Ever heard of better safe than sorry?
Your grandchildren will wish we had been more responsible, I promise you that.
Research Leukemia.

I have a panel of 50 illuminated buttons in front of me.
All are identical.
By pressing only ONE can i prevent little Johnny over there from drowning by shutting off the water rising around his ankles.
If any other button than the right one is pressed, the water will flood in faster.

Which one do i press?
Same with the atmosphere.
Know what youre doing before reacting.

Leukemia's got nothing to do with climatic change so stick that one where the sun dosent shine.