I say there's a safer, cleaner, smarter and better way to suck the earth dry of all its minerals and wealth - Coal, Oil, Gas, Gold, cutting down forests keeping water supplies strong and clean not to forget the air we breathe.
You say there isn't and it doesn't matter how we use-up the earth's wealth so keep doing what we do.
That to me tells me you haven't a clue about science, politics, pollution, population growth or economics.
Man has overwhelmed his environment and you and others say man has little to no influence over what happens on the planet.
In your desire to spread the word of free trade Capitalism without regulation you forget we're all in this together.
You were likely for Cap and Trade in the 90's (if you're old enough) a Republican thought. and are against it now because - either a Democrat brought it up or it was Obama who brought it up.
Never has a group of people (Teabaggers - Republicans) sounded so stupid and done more harm and divided a public than those of the last 4 decades succeeding more and more in recent memory putting away the idea of real thought for greed. And since Reagan and Thatcher came to power it has been more obvious what greed does to a country/planet.
You watching a few video's about Yellowstone's underground volcanic issues or reading the odd blog on Climate change or even having a microscope set in your basement doesn't make you a man of science or one who understands it. In fact, your posts along with the nutties clearly displays your the kind that absolutely disregards science for good feelings of bunny rabbits, kittens and pretty colors to make it through the day.
As C94 has posted, I hope you're right about GW/CC because it sure looks like you're not only wrong but it is happening faster than otherwise identified.
Sure there were predictions of world calamity over the years - the Mayan Calendar, Nostradamus, Pythia giving reason for having doubt but now we have real scientists. - we have scientists from everywhere looking at data and working on recognizing and analyzing what is taking place in such places as the poles where a majority of them have concluded C02 is dangerous and causes ills to our climates. They may be off on their calculations of how much man affects the planet, but they are very clear on one thing - Man has put Co2 into the atmosphere in one place where once aloft it travels everywhere impacting everywhere.
Man may not be in control of the earth's big changes (volcanic eruptions - meteors crashing into the planet - tectonic shifts) but we are in control of what we do and what we do does conflict with how we live on a day to day basis. An example would be "acid rain" the forests in the Carolina's and Mid New York/Vermont and New Hampshire suffer from lead in the soil which is from coal burning energy plants. Once regulations and controls were put in, the forests rebounded somewhat (still not all that strong) and now these companies are crying too much control is not necessary and far too expensive. Man needs to look at how he treats his environment - it is no longer this open land that stretches on forever where it needs taming - the human population of the planet has grown by billions since the 60's and to say we don't have any influences on the planet whether it be GW or CC or just plain ole clean air & water is just idiotic.