| | | Calling someone a sociopath for emphasizing adaptation over politically charged mitigation-only approaches is exactly the kind of emotional overreaction that’s undermining rational climate policy. The reality is: the climate is changing, regardless of whether we cut emissions today or not, and adaptation is not just wise, it's unavoidable.
Even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is often cited by alarmists, explicitly emphasizes the importance of adaptation. In the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (2022), Working Group II states:
'Even with deep emissions reductions, some degree of climate change is inevitable, and adaptation will be necessary to address its impacts.'
In other words, humans must prepare for floods, fires, droughts, heat, and migration—no matter how much CO2 we cut.
Moreover, efforts to ‘stabilize the atmosphere’ by controlling global temperatures to within 1.5°C is not a scientific certainty, it’s a political goal. The Earth’s climate system is incredibly complex and not fully predictable. Climate scientist Judith Curry puts it well:
'The climate system is not a thermostat, and trying to control it like one through carbon policy is both arrogant and futile.'
Instead of pouring trillions into unproven global mitigation schemes, we need to diversify strategies—strengthen infrastructure, improve forecasting, protect water systems, and invest in agricultural resilience. That’s not denialism, it’s intelligent risk management.
Climate shouldn’t be a religion or a weapon. It’s a reality. And rational adaptation isn’t sociopathy, it’s survival. |
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