Mitigate, adapt, profit, cook

I keep seeing the Liberals and other climate change deniers talking about how it would be more profitable to have an ad hoc approach to the climate change that doesn't exist, in case it happens. Which it won't. But if it does, it would just require a bit of cleverness from business (their stock in trade) to come up with something extra cool that would solve the problem we don't really have) And then there would be profits for everyone (much like the underpants gnomes).


Which sort of misses the point a tad. Well, several points really. And several tads I suppose. What is a tad anyway? And is it in any way related to a chad or The Chad? These are the sorts of issues I think about. Pathetic really.

If these people have biological adaptation in mind, they need to be taken somewhere secure and quiet. Species adaptation to environment change is very slow and exceedingly brutal. Maybe we'll start seeing Foreign Legion hats with 'Adapt or Die' printed on them. They could have 'Mostly Die' on the back to save the sensibilities of tender hearted people.

Anyway, the more specialised a species is (requires a specific ecological niche) the more endangered it is likely to be when the environment changes, especially if it changes quickly. Also, species that rely on a network of other species for their survival, like all top predators, are particulalry at risk when the environment changes. Who would the top predators be in this world then? Lions, tigers, bears, sharks ... humans.

Most businesses only flourish during stable times. There's always the exceptions of arms dealing, pubs and brothels but your tender young entrepreneur tends not to go well when the excrement impacts the rotating air distribution device.I suppose I'm rambling towards the idea that managing climatre change (because we cefrtainly aren't showing any sign of stopping it) is unlikely to be achieved by clever entrepreneurs. Rather it is more likely to achieved by repressive war time bi-partisan bloody mindedness. But we can't see the problem creeping up on, because it's really creeping up on our kids and grandchildren.