Here is my most recent argument in a very civiliazed debate. I’m enjoying it.
Randy said “If money is the only motivating factor then ALL reports have to be suspect”
I said, “Sure, it’s all suspect. All we can do is apply our own limited logic and understanding to a situation. This is how I see it:
On one hand you have OPEC saying climate change is bogus and all the technology being developed to address it is nothing but a scam for people to make money, and the government is in on it. IT’S A CONSPIRACY!! Never mind the fact that if we develop alternative energy methods they lose money. Hell, they go broke.
But lets say we AREN’T causing a climate change. We STILL have the obvious problem of running out of fossil fuels. The technology that is being developed to address that is exactly the SAME technology we would use to combat climate change. Where is the conspiracy in that?
So whether climate change is real or not, we still need the technology that is being developed, and I’m 100% behind it, even if people DO make money from it.
But OPEC wants to delay all of that for as long as possible.”