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Andrew Lewis's avatar

Thanks for this issue, Isaac and Ari. I think I have been in the camp of people who acknowledge the science of global warming, but believed a) the human-driven elements of it are overstated, b) the 'worst-case' scenarios produced by unreliable models have been the foundation of advocates for climate change policy, and c) the policies that have been advocated for are mostly symbolic and do not have a reasonable benefit-cost ratio even if there is a problem and the policies would have benefits.

While I still stand by some of these points, I realize they have allowed me to be apathetic about climate change and dismissive of attempts to combat climate change. As is often the case in Tangle, this issue helped peel away some of that apathy and has created space for me to think critically about what we can and should be doing.

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Paul's avatar

Great article! You hit the high points pretty well. I am in the we need to get off our butts and make significant changes camp. Read Michael Mann’s ‘The New Climate War’. It’s eye opening.

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