{"id":17088,"date":"2015-10-16T11:05:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T18:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/?p=17088"},"modified":"2015-10-20T11:33:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T18:33:46","slug":"nothing-alone-will-fix-global-warming-so-do-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2015\/10\/16\/nothing-alone-will-fix-global-warming-so-do-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Alone Will Fix Global Warming — So Do Nothing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ClimateI heard from Jonathan Chait that, The New Conservative Argument to Ignore Climate Change Is Even Dumber Than the Old One<\/a>. It seems that National Review<\/em> came up with a “clever” question they wanted the Democrats asked at Tuesday’s debate, “Do you support President Obama’s EPA restrictions on emissions even though science reporters at The New York Times<\/em> admitted in a recent story that restrictions will do nothing to combat climate change by themselves?” Chait noted what should come as no surprise to readers here: that’s not actually what the Times<\/em> article said.<\/p>\n

But what I thought was interesting was the idea that we should do nothing about climate change if that thing all by itself doesn’t fix the problem. It’s kind of like they took Zeno’s Paradox as a proof: if you add up a bunch of small thing the end result is nothing! I know, I know: because National Review<\/em> started in large part to push back against the stupidity of the conservative base, you think it still ought to do that. But those days are gone and the most you can expect of conservative elites is a resigned acceptance of the way things are. After all: how else are they going to get their regressive tax cuts?<\/p>\n

So I present you with a few of my own examples of things that are not worth doing because they alone will not fix a problem. Chait offered this own: calling 911 when you have a heart attack and buying groceries to feed your children. In addition, I offer the following, which I’m sure National Review<\/em> (actually, Stephen L Miller) obviously thinks (because consistency is the cornerstone of conservative thinking):<\/p>\n