Monday, November 5, 2012

Coping with Climate Change

Have you confronted the consequences of climate change? Have you coped with the idea that your lifestyle may be harming the planet in ways that could have devastating repercussions? Even if you doubt the severity of it, is it worth the risk to test mother nature?

Mitt isn't alone in thinking it's all a big joke, and that's the philosophy of people who choose to avoid confrontation or change.

Who determines what measures of action we need to take, and how much apathy to tolerate? There's a trade-off between how much work we should put into something we aren't even sure is going to happen, but that's just a question of risk analysis:
The answer is probably government, not corporations. Time and time again government has needed to step in to regulate corporations that were harming the balance of ecosystems. Sometimes corporations step up to the task, but it's not always enough.