Joule count of human fuel was not the question I was talking about, it was merely a philosophical question I'm not claiming anything.
What I am asking is: do you really believe that humans have no global impact on environment?
It's an easy Yes or No question man
Sure, I will answer your rigged question.
The answer is of course humans have an impact on the earth, and the subset of the earth known as the environment. We have an effect on the entire universe at least for a hundred light year radius. Just think, we've polluted that sphere with traces of our radio waves.
Your question is rigged by way of the Zero. If we had 1.7 10^-15C effect on temperature, then the answer would be YES. Therefore, for a universe with one cockroach, that cockroach would have an effect on the universe, measurable out to a light cone whose distance is proportional to it's age.
What you really want to address, I would think, is something like "a significant impact" or "a statistically significant impact."
These are really the practical questions.
It was not meant to be rigged, not everything is a hidden attack
Of course the idea was "significant"! But you're misled in my attempt. What I wanted to show is not that human have a significant impact.
Only two solution:
-we have a significant impact. Then it's important to control this impact and to be aware of it. Thus your position is a bit weird as you promote the inaction or at least the non coordinated action.
-We don't have a significant impact, then why not letting us trying to control it? It won't hurt anyone to try to be ecolo friendly even is it might be a bit useless no?
It's a bit like the Pascal bet, but with much less flaws
Actually I wasn't implying mal intent in saying the question was rigged, just noting the "zero" effect.
Yes, actually, if you put politicians in charge of "trying to control it" they certainly can have an effect that is the reverse of their stated goals. For example, shutting down activities that require power in countries that have sophisticated coal plant scrubbers -- sends those activities to third world countries or China where they couldn't care less about clean outputs.
Hence, the government takes your money for a supposed goal, shuts down industries by harsh penalties, industries move elsewhere where there are no rules, net effect is the opposite.
(Side note: Let's not derail this into "Oh, China is going to clean up," bllah blah blah)
Just take it for what it is, as stated.
