Ep. 21 – What to do when the climate changes

The climate is always changing, but there's a significant disagreement about what to do about it. Victor lays out the case for dramatically reducing carbon emissions, looking at both heat waves and hurricanes. He then points out the many problems with that line of thinking. Finally, he shares why adaptation is the key to dealing with natural disasters and changing weather. Parental pause point questions: 1. How do you think dramatically reducing air travel would change the world? How would it impact your family? (5:57) 2. Some argue that increased carbon emissions make weather worse, which leads to more deaths. Is there anything missing from that equation? (10:23) 3. Did the deadliest U.S. hurricane happen before or after 1990? (17:13) 4. Why did Paris, France, come to a virtual standstill when it experienced temperatures that Las Vegas residents don't think twice about? (20:50) 5. In the last decade, there was a year when carbon emissions decreased noticeably. What year was it? (24:23) The Great 8 questions: 1. What happens next? 2. Has this been tried before? 3. Is there a principle involved? 4. What are the trade-offs? 5. What do you mean by that? 6. Is this an appeal to emotion or logic? 7. Am I focused on the speaker or the argument? 8. What does the Bible say?