re: #877 buzzsawmonkey

Since we’re talking intermittently about carbon dioxide, global warming, etc., if there is more carbon dioxide there is more for plants to breathe. If it gets warmer, Greenland’s icecaps may melt—well, so what? It was Greenland when it was first settled. If it is warmer, then the atmosphere can absorb more water—and there will be more rain. North Africa, desert now, was the breadbasket of the Roman Empire; more water, more rain, might make that area fertile again.

What the hell is everyone worried about?

Nothing to worry about if you are willing to trade a warm Greenland for a desert Kansas for example. Even if you discount mans effect on the current warming, some area’s will be devastated, while others will thrive.
i.e. losing Greenland’s ice cap will cost the USA some coastal cities while Greenland grows more crops. You can argue about man’s effect on climate change, but climate change is something to worry about if your part of the planet suffers.