Climate Sceptics, We Need 'Em

First we denied that the globe was warming much faster than it should. Then we denied that it was mankind causing this effect. The latter is now the centrepiece of the denial lobby. So what. The science is overwhelming and therefore a sensible society should take measures to reverse the damage... Or should it?

There is a new kind of sceptic emerging that is saying that we should not do anything, whether climate change is manmade or not. Don't get me wrong, I like sceptics. Coming from a marketing background I know all too well that as soon as you start believing your own BS, you know you are in trouble. Sceptics keep us on track to the truth because they are rational people who debate in a realistic way and help us to actually question our own marketing. Its the deniers who are so dangerous because their lobby is purely dogmatic, emotional and usually with a disconnected political agenda.

When a species or society exploits an unrestricted and limited natural resource, eventually it will fail and the outcomes are in the lap of the gods... or Darwin. This is commonly known as "The Tragedy of the Commons" and the exploitation of the biosphere to sink our unrestricted carbon emissions has now reached such a limit and apparently we are soon to pay the price through rapid and dangerous warming.

These new sceptics are claiming that climate change is the biospheres way of delivering a "natural cull", much like plagues and wars have done in the past. And we should let it get on with it. This seems hugely callous, and who says so and who says who gets to survive. In the past its always been natural selection. Maybe its the same here too. Equity once again does not get a look in, and again who says that we are all born equal.

I don't accept the above equity argument but at the same time I have no rationale to deny its unfair either. There's a huge amount of unfairness in life that is completely overlooked by even the most kind of citizens. Often we do not realise by living like we do we are punishing someone out of sight, out of mind. But at the same time we do not look far for those we could easily help.

My view right now on the outcomes of climate change on civilisation are those that are abundant, wealthy, flexible and adaptable enough will make it through quite easily. The rest will be the victims of evolution