Originally posted by RJHinds
Why can't the climate change be caused by other things, like clouds and solar activity?
Henrik Svensmark - Galactic Cosmic Rays causes climate change
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Cimate change can be caused by other things.
And it can be caused by human actions.
And it can be aggrevated or slowed down by human actions or by desisting from some actions.
Most people think humanity ought to deploy its resources to protect the future welfare of humanity.
Those who oppose such actions are shown repeatedly to be defending vested interests.
The tobacco industry and cancer, the food industry in the USA and the obesity epidemic caused by irresponsible use of excessive sugar (especially corn syrup to make money for industrial farmers), the big pharmaceutical corporations and skewed health practices, as well as the oil industry and the need to defend the insane asset values of their oil reserves, all are examples of vested interest acting selfishly and deplorably at the expense of the public.
Most people favour action by democratically elected governments. The American Right has become anti democratic and prefers unaccountable, demonstrably irresponsible corporations to pursue greed at the expense of the public without proper regulation. They are developing more and more devices (like the ongoing free trade agreements) to diminish the power of elected government to develop and implement policies for the greater good.