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Originally Posted by Letum
I have heard this a lot, but I'm not sure who stands to make a lot of money.
If I wanted to make serious money I would perpetuate a myth about how
consuming vast amount of resources helps everyone and the world in the
hope that overall consumption would go up as a result. On the face of it, the
creating a global warming myth would seam to do the reverse. Am I missing
something?
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The problem is that most of the world's mainstream resources are already owned, and/or markets already saturated. As such, Global Warming and this "Go Green" movement have allowed entreprenuers to create entirely new lines of products that would not normally viable due to their higher costs.
Just think about it: would anyone really purchase a glass cleaner that is equally effective but costs 30% more, just because? Add that it's "green" to the label, and you got a product.
I have some strange views on the matter, actually. I do believe global warming is overhyped (anyone here who was alive in the 70s probably remembers the danger of global cooling). I also believe that "climate change" isn't understood enough to be predicted (remember how the world was going to be innundated with hurricanes a couple years back, only to see one of the lowest seasons on record?).
However, I have been in many cities around the world with real pollution problems. Smog is real, and it can be dangerous. I'm sure man is affecting the environment in some way, and I have no problem with cleaning our act up.
What I do have a problem with, though, is doing it so heavily on the taxpayer dole. Kyoto was a rip off that hasn't done jack, and yet the world as usual wanted us to foot the majority of the bill.
We have to strike a balance between environmental alarmism and respecting the demands of our culture. Besides, we can go green all we want - our population is exploding leaving us essentially on a treadmill which is gaining speed.