This I can understand. I may not agree as to the degree, but I can understand it.
Thomas L. Friedman has an op-ed article in the NY Times.
When I see a problem that has even a 1 percent probability of occurring and is “irreversible” and potentially “catastrophic,” I buy insurance. That is what taking climate change seriously is all about.
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But if we don’t prepare, and climate change turns out to be real, life on this planet could become a living hell. And that’s why I’m for doing the Cheney-thing on climate — preparing for 1 percent.
This I can understand. This I can accept.
See, there is a chance that I am going to get into a car accident and perhaps die. Maybe just become paralyzed. I get that. And to that extent, I do –I really DO– buy insurance against that. To protect against my car and my health. Heck, I even protect against my income; even my death. ALL of this is understandable to every one of us.
Well, NOT every one of us. I mean, there are still people out there who refuse to buy even the most basic health insurance and then, when they DO become sick, expect me to go to work for them in order that I pay their bills.
But I digress. Each of us can understand the concept of insurance. And we innately have a sense of the chances of bad things happening to us and then of how much we are willing to sacrifice in order to protect against that.
With that said, I am not aware of a SINGLE person who wouldn’t acknowledge that the world is warming right now. And that, further, it could be caused by or contributed to by humans. Key word could. The question now is, how much are you willing to pay for that insurance policy.
Me? Well, let’s just say that I continue to get in my car, with my kids, at LEAST twice a day.