Almost everyone believes one and only one of the following statements:
We have, or can soon develop, the technology to power society with clean energy at a modern standard of living, or
Global warming is not a major problem (e.g. it won’t damage agricultural productivity to famine-inducing levels).
Logically, these statements have nothing to do with each other. Either, neither, or both could be correct (I suspect neither). They are, in the words of the post, questionable assumptions.
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Almost everyone believes one and only one of the following statements:
We have, or can soon develop, the technology to power society with clean energy at a modern standard of living, or
Global warming is not a major problem (e.g. it won’t damage agricultural productivity to famine-inducing levels).
Logically, these statements have nothing to do with each other. Either, neither, or both could be correct (I suspect neither). They are, in the words of the post, questionable assumptions.
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