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Re: Technological unemployment is (almost) here
by
anu
on 26/03/2014, 08:30:58 UTC

I can't see why climate change should be a threat at all, even if it happens.


Just an FYI or reminder:  Hydrogen Sulfide might be a threat:
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/awakening-the-horrors-of-the-ancient-hothouse-hydrogen-sulfide-in-the-worlds-warming-oceans/



And what can the all-powerful state/govt do about it, should this "threat" materialize? Ban H2S? Bomb it with hellfire missiles, their preferred way to spoil Muslim wedding parties? Lock H2S up in Guantanamo and use enhanced interrogation methods, aka Waterboarding? Maybe nuke H2S like Ms Timoshenko apparently want to do with the Ukrainian Russians? Or legislate H2S into H2O like the state of Indiana tried to legislate the value of PI to 3.2?

Frankly, the only climate change that is IMO both realistic and terrible is caused by the state, i.e. turning the world into a radioactive snowball.

Back to topic: Proponents of BIG should really look into the track record of the state to determine if this is the right agent to implement such plans. At the very least we need to change the organization of society away from big government to something like the Swiss model before BIG can be attempted, probably even less centralized. Unless you have a death wish, of course.