Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: Don't believe the extremists: No Big Changes In Leaked Draft AR5 Report [View all]joshcryer
(62,265 posts)You spend a shit load of time in fact saying that the effects of climate change are not catastrophic.
All they do is compile the latest data, that is true, but at the same time, they aren't able to be state of the art, because the system is changing quickly, and new reports contradict or expand upon with more dire predictions than the previous. For a decade cloud feedbacks were supposed to be negative, everyone thought so, turns out they're positive. But oh well, right?
BAU relies on a slow response to something. It relies on ignorance. It relies on people acting in their own self-interests on a short term basis. The cities around North America wouldn't have become smog filled if people sat down, did the math, and realized that pollutants would cause the issues. Hell, someone probably did do that, but it wasn't until there was a problem that it was addressed. This is precisely how climate change is going to go down. Don't worry, no one is going to do anything about it, OK?