Reply To: Might the predictions of climate change be wrong? Or do you believe on faith!
I’m also skeptical of our ability to control climate change. It is often impossible to predict what the effects of our “control” mechanisms will be. For example an attempt to control an animal population by culling can often lead to other animals taking advantage of the sudden lack of predators and running rife.
For example, there are people who lament that domestic cats kill so many birds and small animals. They actually propose getting rid of cats. However, one reason the cats are there is that they have taken over for natural predators who were driven off by human encroachment into their habitat. A lot of predators are shy of humans. Cats, obviously, are not. If we got rid of domestic cats, would the bobcats, wolverines, cougars, and wolves come back? Some changes are irreversible, unfixable. And would we really want wolf packs and cougars prowling our housing developments?
