The book I referenced is not gospel. It’s one man’s summary of the available evidence. I only point to it as an accessible source of information. Read it, evaluate his arguments and if you disagree, fine. But don’t dismiss it out of hand just because a Tesla owner recommends it.
Or you could read
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPCC_Fifth_Assessment_Report
And perhaps some of the references therein. But don’t trust everything you read on the Internet
Fortunately, we live in America where not only can you believe what you want but you’re free to express those opinions and debate them with others. And the result of that debate will (theoretically) determine the course of public policy.
Science and technology are indeed likely to come up with future wonders we cannot yet imagine. But that’s not a good reason to delay action on climate change now. For two reasons. First, we already have all the tech we need to solve the problem. What is lacking is the political will to employ it. Second, even if some future tech might solve the problem more easily there just isn’t enough time to wait for that. That argument was credible back when climate change was first identified as a serious problem but it’s too late now. The effects of climate change are already apparent and becoming increasingly expensive. And the rate of change is accelerating. Another decade of inaction will be even more expensive.
Carbon capture is indeed part of the solution. We need to continue working on that as fast as is reasonable. But in the meanwhile, we should stop making the problem worse.
And yes, there will undoubtely be unanticipated side effects of anything we do. But again, we have to act now based on the information we have now. It’s virtually certain that continued increases in CO2 will be disastrous. I’ll take my chances that a lot more solar panels and windmills will be less damaging.
