{"id":42446,"date":"2014-06-08T20:59:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T02:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/08\/things-we-ought-to-be-doing-anyway.html"},"modified":"2014-11-12T11:50:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T18:50:58","slug":"things-we-ought-to-be-doing-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/08\/things-we-ought-to-be-doing-anyway.html","title":{"rendered":"Things We Ought to be Doing Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"
Let us say that climate change is either a complete hoax or something that has nothing to do with humanity and therefore something that we cannot do anything to change. I don't think that is the case, but let's assume.<\/p>\n

Why would we not be pushing forward for expanded solar energy?<\/p>\n

Think about it — something that can provide an increasing amount of energy independence from foreign nations — measures of electrical (and fuel) independence from big business — an industrial base that we can actually build within the US — something that avoids the environmental hazards (even excluding carbon) of existing fossil fuel extraction.<\/p>\n

Why would we not<\/i> do something like this if it was reasonably in the same economic ballpark (esp. if you factor in government subsidies). \u00a0The only losers are … well, coincidentally, the petrochemical industrial interests that profit from the current system. Imagine that.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>George Wiman<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +David Brin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is why I emphasize TWODA – Things We Ought to be Doing Anyway. It's fine to ask questions – yes, skeptical ones(!) – about climate change consensus.\u00a0 But only a fool would refuse to do basic, prudent and sensible precautionary measures, just in case scientists and experts turn out to be right.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

And no, the agenda of (nearly all ) science-friendly folk is NOT to "ruin the economy" or to "shiver and starve in the dark."\u00a0 TWODA is about investing prudently in energy efficiency — and after 25 years of delay, the new car mileage standards are working brilliantly.\u00a0 Efficiency that would save us all money, create energy independence and have scores of other benefits…<\/p>\n

…hence the acronym TWODA… Things We Ought to be Doing Anyway… even if climate change were completely wrong!<\/p>\n

It is the utter refusal to negotiate even mild versions of TWODA that belies every denialist claim of reasonableness, and exposes it as a raving, anti-science cult.\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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