You could probably say that both sides want your money, just in different ways. But if you're concern about money colors your attitude about the science you're doing it backwards. You can't change the scientific reality and if scientists are even in the ballpark about the effects the reality of anthropogenic global warming is going to cost you a whole lot more than doing something to avoid it.
That is a reasonable statement, I suspect there is some truth to it (the money part).
Regarding the issue of science... I actually am concerned... I'm not convinced, but I'm not an expert so perhaps the problem is all the screaming on both sides.
I will agree that if they are right, we're screwed, and if they are wrong, then we'll end up with a cleaner environment, to a point... So it makes reasonable and logical sense to make efforts to cut back on CO2 and other pollution.
However, that leads into my next point...
As far as the cost to the average person it's maybe slightly more than they would spend on old existing technology but most of it would be money that's going to be spent anyway in building new power plants or maintenance of existing ones or fuel costs. The increment in spending isn't that great and things like solar and wind don't have ongoing fuel costs.
That might be true... or it might not... many people have views and opinions on that one...
I will say, base on the charts that I've seen and the numbers I've looked at, the changes required to do anything major to the CO2 levels would be massive and widespread...
It is really easy to say "well, if we all just cut back 20%, that would help". Yea, I guess it would, but it wouldn't lower CO2, it would just slow the rise. As we cut back, other people who were not previously emitting CO2 will start.
That is the core of the problem. Even if we roll out new technologies world-wide that are 50% "cleaner" than what we have now, it won't really solve the problem because there are 3 billion people in the world today who don't currently emit much CO2, but will start doing so this century.
And telling them, "sorry, you were late to the party, no good stuff for you" is simply not going to cut it.
In short? I think we may be screwed...
