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Ask HN: Can I believe in climate change, but not fear it?

Or when someone asks “Do you believe in climate change?” is it saying do you believe climate change is something we should fear?

When the science says the icebergs are going to; melt, there will be more hurricanes, coastal and island towns will be flooded and the areas become uninhabitable at least if not underwater entirely, I, not being a climate scientist, will gladly assent that it is possible and I would submit on the appeal to authority that it is true.

However, does assenting to that being true, mean I “believe in climate change” if I completely disagree with the popular, political, and corporate ideas of what to do about it?

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My wife and I agree on the reality of butterflies but she fears them while I don't.

This is not the first climate change our species had to face and it probably won't be the last. If we don't fight it and the projections are to be believed, our environment is going to change in very tangible ways and this is sure to have an impact on our species' way of life. But it will adapt, just like it did in the past.

The current fight against climate change is not so much about long term survival or preserving the planet as it is about maintaining the current power balance. As projected, climate change will necessarily induce a lot of drama: droughts, famines, large scale migrations, wars, unrest… and with that will come redistribution of economic/political power. _That_ is what those in power fear and why so much effort is put into maintaining our current way of life, and thus the distribution of power that comes with it, "but with less impact".

For sure! People are in for a huge surprise when they'd find themselves on their deathbed not due to glamorous climate change but due to the old "boring" heart failure and cancer and alzheimer.

Yes.

You could even believe in it and be entirely indifferent to it.

What should we do about it?

Suffer. Probably migrate. I don't believe humans will go extinct; we went through an ice age fine. Stopping climate change seems to as tough as stopping a volcano from exploding, though.

The single most greatest question we should ask all the climate change alarmists.

Unfortunately, they have no realistic solutions and continue to scream at others and cause wanton chaos and panic. Year after year, they are just as bad as the ones in power that are not doing anything.

Both screaming, yelling, panicking and being idle are not solutions.

But at least you can't scream or say that technologists in companies developing EVs or net-zero solutions in other vehicles are not doing anything. That is what we need more of, and that is far significantly better than the talking and screaming that is going on at these conferences; even when they all flew in private jets to have these talks about 'climate change' but they are making the process quicker instead.

Perhaps having a Zoom / Skype conference call, would be much greener than representatives from 200+ countries flying in and out of the conference.

Event better - instead of a conference call, why not just have the discussion in HN format? Is it not far more efficient?

You can have multiple threads of conversation at the same time; it relies on arguments, not charisma; it easier to search, index and reference; it is faster to read than to listen; it is 'greener' in every way.

Whatever floats your boat.

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