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Yep. The really long-term position is a cool period. Humans and society have become adapted to a planet that's cooler than normal.

Warming it to the geological norm would be disasterous to human society. That's how it is. We won't go extinct, in all probability, but there will be a lot of suffering as we have to adjust to the new reality.

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I'm confused. If "normal" is what we're used to seeing,

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how does this comport with this statement you made a few posts ago:


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Yep. The really long-term position is a cool period. Humans and society have become adapted to a planet that's cooler than normal.

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Barb- Do you believe that this is a spiritual issue- or put another way that we may be in sin by not believing/caring about human caused global warming? It seems that this idea is picking up steam among some religious leaders.

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Barb- Do you believe that this is a spiritual issue- or put another way that we may be in sin by not believing/caring about human caused global warming? It seems that this idea is picking up steam among some religious leaders.

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Um, in the sense that we are supposed to be good stewards for the things God left in our care, I guess so. I think putting a practical problem, like global warming, into a political or moral context tends to make it more difficult to solve.

So I'm not altogether pleased about it. I realize it does have a moral dimension, but my experience is that such things get in the way of solving problems.

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What's normal in geological time is a bit different than normal for humans, who haven't been here very long.

Warming it to the geological norm would be disasterous to human society. That's how it is. We won't go extinct, in all probability, but there will be a lot of suffering as we have to adjust to the new reality.

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