We as humans must take better care of the planet, period. It's only gonna get worse with more people. However, I could care less what George Will views about the planet, the environment and "caring". In the long term he's just one of several billion humans and his view deserves the appropriate fraction of one billionth of attention.

excellent point.

I think Cmac's intention, inadvertently, was that there are too many people who have been unable to assimilate this idea into their working agenda or 'care zone'.

hence, the issues grow more severe each day.

It keeps it all in perspective.He and I have different ways of communicating the same idea sometimes I believe. We do have to change the way humans consume and live, and the issues do grow more severe each day indeed.

Will is one of the conservative thinkers most often referenced in political discussion. He has a much larger soapbox that the general public.

A large part of the debate on this topic is framed by his remarks in that piece. Your implying that I'm merely adressing the thoughts of one person is borderline nonsense.

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I was not informed and have no desire to be informed as to GW's soapbox status. Frankly I doubt his views on the environment have much pull on anyone, but IDK and IDC. He obviously struck a cord with you, however. Run with it then, but to me and the majority of folks on the planet he's one of 5 billion and that's the amount of attention I'll give him.

It's true that man's effect on the earth is minuscule compared to what the earth can do to itself, all on its own.

Wouldn't it be ironic if we spent trillions trying to slow "climate change", only to have a bunch of volcanoes go off and blot out the sun for a few years.

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