Changing in response to climate will benefit us

A lot of the recommendations to combat global climate change strike me as a good thing to do even if they turn out not to be the threat scientists foresee. Renewable energy, less gasoline use and a cleaner atmosphere are all good things anyway.

Remember the acid rain controversy of the 1980s? Then as now, some denied the science, and industry groups said any attempt to control sulfur dioxide emissions would lead to economic doom. But in 1990, our government went ahead with cap-and-trade on emissions, and it worked, at a much lower-than-predicted cost. You don't hear about acid rain anymore.

The combination of great wealth and great power has a tendency to make people greedier and stupid. They therefore fight against innovation.

If we do nothing, global climate change might render Earth incapable of supporting human civilization.

Harold Eschert

Cedar Rapids