Oh yeah.  Global warming was another thing on my mind today.

Okay, so there are good reasons to try to preserve the environment from human forces.  But why is climate change the big boogey man?  Even in the direst projections don't show life on Earth disappearing.  Heck, humans will most likely survive too.  From a non-human perspective, climate change isn't any bigger of a problem than habitat loss, or maybe a couple of catastrophic events.

The reasons humans care about climate change is because it could screw up our lifestyles.  If people barely care about habitat loss, why would the additional ecological problems (extinctions etc.) associated with climate change matter?  People don't want the world to change very much.

Which makes sense if your lifestyle is okay.  But if I lived in a really crappy place where there is no economic development or not much water or whatever, climate change isn't a big deal.  Yeah you are rolling the dice, but if you already rolled a low number, chances are reasonable that you might end up with something better or at least not worse.

~Tea Break~

Meh.  I'm off this kick at the moment.  I probably shouldn't post it unfinished, cause it might give an incorrect perception of my view, but I don't really care so I'm posting it.