pShould economic growth ever be sacrificed to prevent climate change?

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@Mar '13 c 260 comments V 317 votes

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rojopa voted

v No
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DesignerLM voted

v No
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SgtNFury voted

v No
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Goose

v No

Never - especially since preventing climate change is impossible.

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Calfkiller voted

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politicteen voted

v Yes
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Jaybird1964

v No

We should never let unreal hype control any growth!!!

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doggie_luv voted

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JumpRoundhouse

v No

No, that's just retarded

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DrSilicon voted

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sml11 voted

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Bill2E endorsed stepped_in_it

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littlewolf8469 voted

v No
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NoAmnestyEVER

v No

Climate change is just another scam perpetrated by the Barnham and Bailey scam artist Al Gore which made him a billionaire. In the 1980s liberals swore the world was ending because of global "cooling". Their thoughts (term used loosely) are based on pure emotion and no logic. Climate change has existed since the beginning of time, long before man walked the Earth.

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May 15

DogLady_1

v No

No, and it doesn't have to... economic growth and protecting the earth should not be mutually exclusive. We can do both! We are smart enough... reducing waste is good for everyone in every aspect... and there are plenty of jobs that can be generated by cleaning up and developing new cleaner technologies.

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farmer_bruce endorsed Litdes

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Malitia_Man endorsed S-N-A-F-U

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Mournwolf voted

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SlimElmo91 voted

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PaulUK2901 endorsed ErnestPayne

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Smoothbeartoo

v No

NO! Unless the lying limosine liberals would like to sacrifice all their money.

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rangerjeff voted

v Yes
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wangotango voted

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LEC endorsed ErnestPayne

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skspls voted

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Fyi1957 endorsed bsking

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Leonard endorsed PoliticalSpice

v Yes
May 11

Bobolinsky

v No

There wasn't an answer for "Yes. If 'climate change' was real" so I went with "No." . I can imagine a hypothetical where stifling economic growth and dooming millions or even billions of people to poverty, hunger and death is the lesser of two evils, but this ain't that.

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Gatnos

v No

Climate change is a myth perpetrated by the left in order to control more aspects of our lives and to generate additional revenues through the faux economy of carbon credits.

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tarakitten endorsed Litdes

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hancel voted

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pezcore64 voted

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LilliB voted

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Bill voted

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TerryConklin endorsed Woody20164

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DanielZ endorsed PoliticalSpice

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RAYGC voted

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Rpete voted

v Yes
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jeffreyknee

v No

They don't gave to be mutually exclusive -- if true compromise makes all for the better.

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oldtimer2 endorsed S-N-A-F-U

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captbigtime endorsed S-N-A-F-U

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buckilaked voted

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oldnavyguy88 voted

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buckleroos endorsed Litdes

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URBS voted

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fraps

v No

The climate change seems to be mostly hoax. Economic growth makes everyone's life better.

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Goose

v No

Never - especially since preventing climate change is impossible.

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Jaybird1964

v No

We should never let unreal hype control any growth!!!

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JumpRoundhouse

v No

No, that's just retarded

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May 15

NoAmnestyEVER

v No

Climate change is just another scam perpetrated by the Barnham and Bailey scam artist Al Gore which made him a billionaire. In the 1980s liberals swore the world was ending because of global "cooling". Their thoughts (term used loosely) are based on pure emotion and no logic. Climate change has existed since the beginning of time, long before man walked the Earth.

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May 15

DogLady_1

v No

No, and it doesn't have to... economic growth and protecting the earth should not be mutually exclusive. We can do both! We are smart enough... reducing waste is good for everyone in every aspect... and there are plenty of jobs that can be generated by cleaning up and developing new cleaner technologies.

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May 13

Smoothbeartoo

v No

NO! Unless the lying limosine liberals would like to sacrifice all their money.

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May 11

Bobolinsky

v No

There wasn't an answer for "Yes. If 'climate change' was real" so I went with "No." . I can imagine a hypothetical where stifling economic growth and dooming millions or even billions of people to poverty, hunger and death is the lesser of two evils, but this ain't that.

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Gatnos

v No

Climate change is a myth perpetrated by the left in order to control more aspects of our lives and to generate additional revenues through the faux economy of carbon credits.

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jeffreyknee

v No

They don't gave to be mutually exclusive -- if true compromise makes all for the better.

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fraps

v No

The climate change seems to be mostly hoax. Economic growth makes everyone's life better.

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May 3

oldman75

v Yes

What is the worth of wealth when you have no air fit to breath ,or water fit to drink ?

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May 3

Nurse8493

v Yes

Yes of course. Be true to the public with real evidence, and you'll see a lot more people trying to fix the world more than running to their work for money.

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Ddawg

v Yes

if the climate is going to change it's going to change, we probably have no effect on it but until someone 100% guarantees that it's best to err on the side of caution

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Apr 27

MarkColwell

v Yes

The question is pretty messed up. 1. Since when does solving a problem reduce economic activity? Does putting solar panels on roofs reduce economic activity, does spending money researching other ways to reduce our impact reduce economic activity? 2. You can't prevent climate change, all you can do is mitigate the effects. Slow climate change as opposed to accelerating climate change.

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Apr 26

Mnementh

v Yes

All of you who think that the economy is more important than the environment will change your tune when this planet can no longer sustain life as we have known it.

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May 11

Quantummist

http://iceagenow.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Easterbrook-Natural_global_warming.jpg

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May 11

Quantummist

No Cooling in the last 15 years, Coldest Spring around the Globe in History... Man made it through the last 30,000 years with Much warmer and much colder times and life was sustained.... If I were you I would be more worried about the upcoming Ice age than a point 5 deg warming....

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Mar '13

cpier14

v No

It has all been said in the posts before mine

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Mar '13

justanallusion

v No

Economic growth can be had without effecting the climate and even accomplished in such a fashion that would work to alleviate much of the stress, our current industrial efforts place on it, if not eliminate it altogether, we need only utilize our ingenuity, the very self-same ingenuity that has enabled us to build this country into the dominant world power it has become.

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Mar '13

norezen

v Yes

Sometimes it might be necessary. I mean, we aren't planning on completely stopping oil drilling or coal mining any time soon. But there should be taxes, penalties, and regulations on the more egregious or unscrupulous emitters of pollution (including greenhouse gases).

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Mar '13

Scottar

v No

Humans could never control climate cause if they did try they would mess it up more then the economy. Climate change is not effected by CO2 levels, it's the sun stupid! icecap.us

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Mar '13

vganow

v No

climate change is normal it is the Gov't away to raise energy cost

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Mar '13

S-N-A-F-U

v No

NEVER! This is a continuing ploy to gain power and extract money from those less fortunate so they too can bow down and wallow in the pews of the new religion of the Left. The poster child of this insidious ploy is Algore, who is fast becoming the worlds first 'carbon' BILLIONAIRE from this phony scheme. Junk Science fostered by those that get giant endowments for self aggrandizement for their participation. Wise-Up!......... http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/020113-642924-climate-change-projections-overstate-degree-global-warming.htm?p=full

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Mar '13

PoliticalSpice

v Yes

We need to move forward with alternative energy. Ten of thousands of jobs: laying rail, manufacturing engiges and rail cars, installing insulation and solar panels on buildings through out the nation, developing passive solar design, etc. we can have jobs AND address climate change. It's not an either/or proposition.

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Mar '13

Litdes

v Yes

If we don't arrest climate change, eventually there will be no economy to sacrifice. This is an issue where we cannot afford to be short sighted, and if we kick the can down the road, it may well be too late by the time we are ready to admit that there is a problem.

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Mar '13

ZombieMedic

v No

Economic Growth is a false idea, much like man-made climate change. Economic growth is based on currency, which is just faith in paper money or computer transactions, aka, nothing. Man-made Climate Change is based upon presumptions that are equally rediculous, saying that CO2 is responsible for minor trends in weather patterns, when there are at least 10 other gasses more responsible for warming trends, with H2O vapor being the #1 Greenhouse gas. Climate change also occurs over hundreds or even thousands of years, and man has not been measuring weather and the climates of areas long enough to accurately gauge anything other than small trends, that account for nothing....

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Mar '13

Woody20164

v No

Considering the debate over climate change is a farce, based upon fabricated, exaggerated science and admitted lies, how could the answer be anything but no? From the beginning of the industrial revolution until the mid-1970s, the world was pumping more "greenhouse gasses" and pollution into the air than could be imagined, and the earth was, according to the same hysterical scientist who are promoting the latest catastrophe, entering the next Ice Age. Hmmm, but since then, we've reduced the pollution, and there is more forest land in the US than in the 1700s and the temperatures are edging back up to where they were, and somehow it's now man's fault. It's all about pol...

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Mar '13

seedtick

v No

See how they try to change the "global warming" myth by now calling it "climate change?" Hell, the climate has been changing throughout my lifetime...but it never gets any worse or better. It varies from year to year. But, there are people in this world who need a cause so they can feel useful. These folks have never actually produced anything. They constantly seek some way to "prove" their importance to society. My suggestion is that they start doing something constructive....that is how they can help facilitate economic growth. They are just a bunch of henny-pennys crying, "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!" By the way, how are your carbon credits doing?

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Mar '13

jessejaymes

v Yes

My heart says economic growth should be more important but my head says no. Climate change is real and we need to reverse it regardless of whether it's man made or not.

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Mar '13

stepped_in_it

v No

Saving our environment and slowing climate change is economic growth...With the proper "massaging", green can make jobs.....just keep our unholy government out of it (at least the direct involvement).....

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Mar '13

bsking

v No

No. climate change is a natural occurrence that has been going on since the beginning of time. taxes on the weather is an immoral evil plot.

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Mar '13

DerivePI

v No

Self correcting problem - When climate change impacts economic growth, it will be prevented.

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