Originally posted by RT and his SE:


Is it not better to error on the side of caution because by the time there is no longer any question about our affect on this planet it may be to late.



There are many competing environmental and other concerns. It is not better to err, period.

Spending resources on one problem means resources are taken away from another. Furthermore, there are always consequences, both positive and negative, to every decision.

For example, the big fight in Kansas now is over wind power. Wind power sounds like a great thing, right, especially in Kansas? Only trouble is that they garbage up the looks of one of the last remainging tallgrass prairie regions, which is also considered a national treasure.

Some decisions have more serious consequences. It's important to get it right, and not just react carelessly to every new data point.




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