So not too far apart

it seems to me they just don't want to see their cushy lives changed in any way, god forbid the sea levels go up 1cm or they spend a bit more on air con

@Lord Zedd well, the real problem is that any solutions to address climate change are screened through some ridiculous purity test. The extremists only want 100% renewables, but not just any renewables just wind, solar, and small hydro. I’m not even kidding when I say that. They also assert that it should be possible if you just overbuild capacity by 2.5. That is an absurd amount of capacity.

and never mind the damage to local flora and fauna they do

and they absolute insane amount of space needed

Well, here’s the thing. They want to cover all roof space with solar.

By force

and don't dare think of using the latest in nuclear energy

Yeah. Nuclear is too impure.

For completely arbitrary reasons

the science worship always evaporates when nuclear is mentioned

odds it's going to be some combination of technologies like individual properties with solar panels with nuclear providing the bulk of power as long as those loons shut the fuck up we'll actually do the right thing ourselves

they're impeding the very science and the advancement that will fix the issues they raise

Well, the science worship ends at evolution and climate change. Those are the only ones that matter because they assume it threatens conservatism.

the objection to nuclear and GMOs pisses me off to no end

Same here

GMOs actually solve tons of problems

something I was thinking is we could actually create carbon pipes to help crops grow to feed so many more people and save so much woodland

and water

Plus there’s a GM mosquito that decimates populations to the point where disease transfer is very unlikely. Guess who’s against that? Leftists

yeah we could very well see the end of malaria

that is MASSIVE

that's bigger than curing cancer

Isn't everything that we grow as food a GMO at this point?

in a sense

Whether intentionally or not?

we've been messing with plants and animals for hundreds of years

@wolfman1911 pretty much yes.

carrots are naturally white

bananas are not sweet and are full of seeds

and straight

The process isn’t dissimilar. genetic modification only speeds things up.

@Lord Zedd it’s the same with DDT. Africa can’t use ddt because some bird species in North America reacted badly to it.

imagine they could make corn and wheat with double the yields that are pest and drought resistant

^

hopefully the new mozzies will eliminate the need for DDT

and then there's all the new flavours of food we can get

did you know ruby chocolate is a thing?

Or use golden rice to supplement south East Asian diets to help prevent health problems

it's a type of chocolate that is sort of reddish and tastes sort of like berries, that's pretty awesome stuff

What’s ruby chocolate?