Climate justice- damages and reparations

Micawber said:
http://theconversation.com/who-shou...te-change-and-who-should-be-compensated-84028

"Hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly floods across South Asia have once again raised the issue of climate justice.

The association between such events and climate change is now beyond serious question: we have had 30 years of well-founded scientific warnings about the relationship between increasing global temperatures and the incidence and severity of extreme weather. Much more problematic is the question of responsibility for climate change itself, and who should justly pay compensation for the resulting damage."

Corazon is banned from this thread
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Let's start with a 100% asset and income tax on snarky lawyers livin' large in San Diego, (former home of the Chargers).

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Lovebug said:
I guess "as long as I have mine" works well? You seem to forget that many don't have choices. Think about the coal miners who want to work and can't find a job. Think about the people who live in areas where jobs are just gone but they don't have the means to move.
Think about the disabled, the people on fixed income, the elderly, you know, the ones who have contributed by either working their entire life, the infirm. I guess we don't have to worry about them being able to get to the store or to the doctor, as long as the lucky ones who still have a job are well off and can boast. Do you know how little it takes to walk in those other shoes?
Lastly, don't confuse me with a climate hysteric. You jump right into a thread without having a clue or without giving what I posted a second thought. Think beyond your horizon.
We can't stop progress. We did once ride horse and buggy, but those times have passed along with the manual typewriter and other antiquities. Chances are that we will have alternative fuel, cleaner, renewable fuel, available to us. Why would we be against that if it becomes more cost efficient, so that other than rich tree huggers can partake?
If you want to argue, go find someone else.
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It's as long as I've EARNED mine. Get it right if you're going to use such a thing.

Don't have the means to move? Since you claim to care so much for them, why don't you pay their moving expenses? If you're unwilling to do so, let them do without. They aren't my responsibility.

One would think those that constantly talk about alternative, cleaner, and renewable fuels would lead the way and use nothing but those things. Unless everyone that complains about the current way of doing things is personally practicing what they preach, they discredit any argument they have about others do it their way.

I'm all for more efficient. However, my statement didn't revolve around efficiency but those that contribute nothing to society yet want to benefit the same as those of us that do.
 
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