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> Our economies are highly tuned up for the climate of the past 100 years, which was unusually stable. We should be aware that the kind of forward planning our parent's and grandparent's generations did based on the assumption of climate stability is not likely to be viable in future as the climate returns to its state of natural volatility, almost certainly helped along by anthropogenic contributions.

Nicely put.

To be honest, when I'm having these conversations I don't go near the whole debate of global warming / we did it / co2 / etc.

I think its simply important to acknowledge the climate is changing, and we need to get with the program. Why it's changing is a whole other thing for another day.




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