A lot of those were theories that got blown out of proportion by alarmists, not to mention that they were working with either incomplete data or data that was just plain outright bad.
Contrasted to current research done on climate change, there's much more data available now.
Although resource depletion is something that can legitimately happen. No matter how you slice it, there's only so much materials on this rock to go around. And not even fracking changes the fact that there is a finite amount of petroleum in the ground. You WILL eventually use it all up, and it makes no sense at all to delay switching to renewable resources.
And that's another thing that kills me, this weird stance against renewables. People grasp at all kinds of straws. "Wind farms kill birds!" "Solar disrupts habitats!" "Nuclear power is dangerous!" "Hydroelectric strangles rivers!"
It's not the tools, it's how you implement them!!! More space between wind turbines and employ bird deterrents. Build solar along existing infrastructure like highways (you realize how driving conditions in cities can be improved by shading highways with solar panels?) Spent nuclear fuel can be reprocessed, and there are much safer reactor designs than BWR reactors. You don't have to dam an entire river - just divert a little bit into a reservoir and release it as needed.
You make so many arguments about why we shouldn't change, even despite calls for change from within the Republican Party itself! Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't give a shit about climate change - he'd just like to be able to breathe when he's in LA. THAT'S A GOOD ENOUGH REASON RIGHT THERE.
Contrasted to current research done on climate change, there's much more data available now.
Although resource depletion is something that can legitimately happen. No matter how you slice it, there's only so much materials on this rock to go around. And not even fracking changes the fact that there is a finite amount of petroleum in the ground. You WILL eventually use it all up, and it makes no sense at all to delay switching to renewable resources.
And that's another thing that kills me, this weird stance against renewables. People grasp at all kinds of straws. "Wind farms kill birds!" "Solar disrupts habitats!" "Nuclear power is dangerous!" "Hydroelectric strangles rivers!"
It's not the tools, it's how you implement them!!! More space between wind turbines and employ bird deterrents. Build solar along existing infrastructure like highways (you realize how driving conditions in cities can be improved by shading highways with solar panels?) Spent nuclear fuel can be reprocessed, and there are much safer reactor designs than BWR reactors. You don't have to dam an entire river - just divert a little bit into a reservoir and release it as needed.
You make so many arguments about why we shouldn't change, even despite calls for change from within the Republican Party itself! Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't give a shit about climate change - he'd just like to be able to breathe when he's in LA. THAT'S A GOOD ENOUGH REASON RIGHT THERE.
