Global Warming and Abortion

In some ways the debate on global wqarming is like the abortion debate. Most people would like to end both, but can't tolerate consequences. The zealots in both cases don't want an answer to the problem, they want their answer to the problem. For example, if you want to minimize abortions, have plentiful, accessible (free from charities, or from the government*?) birth control (more syringe than pill). Rabid moralists will complain that people will just have more sex out of wedlock (maybe true) and therefore they do not like the idea, even if it means fewer abortions. For them, the reduction has to occur by making abortion illegal and changing the creating a culture of abstinence.

Conservationists, hate the idea of geoengineering. For example, some have suggested trying to reduce the temperature of the planet by deflecting 1% or so of the sunlight away from Earth. But that isn't good enough for the religious environmentalists. The solution must come from sacrificing our "wasteful" way of life.

--Joey


* How very unlibertarian/conservative of me. True, however, since social programs aren't going away anytime soon, this is a bit of an ounce of prevention is worth 6 pounds 11 ounces nine months later.