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Resolved: Developed Countries have a moral obligation to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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PRO The second is the first constructive which will be...
Resolved: Developed Countries have a moral obligation to mitigate the effects of climate change.
There will be five rounds. The first is Acceptance. The second is the first constructive which will be followed by a second constructive. Then two rebuttals will complete the debate.
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CON I accept this debate! ... let the games begin!
Resolved: Developed Countries have a moral obligation to mitigate the effects of climate change.
I accept this debate! let the games begin!
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CON such a shame I'm going to win without giveing an argument
Resolved: Developed Countries have a moral obligation to mitigate the effects of climate change.
such a shame I'm going to win without giveing an argument
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CON I would also like to provide more evidence: In a TED talk...
Global Poverty, Education, and hunger are greater issues than global warming/ climate change
I see that you have forfeited the round. This argument is important to me so I would like to ask what I can do in order to convince you. That is, what can I do, as a debater, to change your mind and make you believe me? All you have to do is tell me what that is and I will go and get it. I would also like to provide more evidence: In a TED talk by Bill Gates called "Innovating to Zero," the richest man on earth describes the movement towards Zero C02 emissions by 2050. The way that this will happen is through the expansion of renewable energy infrastructure. Now, in reference to this talk, Bill Gates claims that this effort will also greatly reduce poverty as an extra beneficial result. The biggest reason why this is true is because renewable energy structures, in areas of poverty, will greatly increase the standard of living. This is because small villages and communities of extreme poverty are not usually anywhere near an energy grid.
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CON Environmental sustainability need not be achieved by...
Behavioral change is the key to environmental sustainability
Environmental sustainability need not be achieved by behavioral change.
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PRO Speculation with BTC (asides from puts) thus is directly...
CMV: All those climate-saving billionaires are huge hypocrites now investing in bitcoin!
Bitcoin uses as much power as Norway mainly produced from dirty coal plants in third world countries. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56012952 (Edit:the article says it increased already to Argentinian size) Elon spending $100 mio price for carbon capturing while investing $1,5B in bitcoin at the same time without any real need. World climate is going down and we waste ton of energy just for speculation? This is soo hypocrite. Why aren't the billionaires not criticized more? Why isn't there a co2 tax on bitcoin? Why are those billionaires being hailed in Reddit while ruining all our futures? I don't get it, how can one produce electric cars, solar roofs, traffic reduction technologies, grant prices for climate technology and at the same time invest a multiply into the most stupid waste of energy one could possibly imagine? The only reason TSLA is doing this is for speculation purposes... One bitcoin transaction generates as much CO2 as a Tesla driving 5000 miles. Let alone an increased BTC price propelles mining activity. Speculation with BTC (asides from puts) thus is directly harming the climate as it expects rising courses and this drives mining.Tesla should sell their co2 certificates to themselves to cover for the bitcoin emissions? Are those billionaires not being honest to us and all they care is becoming richer ( well who doesn't) by polluting the ?. This invest in bitcoin will jeopardize all C02 emissions savings Tesla has made during it's entire existence in no time ( didn't do the math). One could wonder why this is even allowed, earning money from C02 emissions certificates while investing the same money into a C02 emissions network with no other real usage aside from wasting energy and becoming richer. Can anybody explain why Elon is still everybody's hero while being climate Sauron? I don't get it, we should tell him that this is wrong and he needs to stop. Elon, please be again the self made billionaire by making the world a better place! You are ruining all your reputation and the world needs green role models so badly!
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CON On the flipside however, there has been lots of criticism...
Plant Adaptation to Unfavourable Climate and Pesticide Reduction
On the flipside however, there has been lots of criticism levelled at these pesticide-resistant strategies, raised by fears that in the long-term, it will lead to evolution of pest resistance. It is also not clear how pests will react and adapt to this change, placing humanity in a very precarious position. This could greatly impact conventional agriculture and strides that GM has already made so far. According to the principle of natural selection, if an organism is submitted to pressure in terms of survival, its probability of evolutionary adaptation increases. Nature, for purposes of survival induces a genetic change in organisms. An example is how bacteria developed its antibiotic resistance. With this regard, development of herbicide-resistant crops could eventually result in the emergence of resistant weed varieties, as well as resistant pests. If these effects take place in developing countries, where the ability to adapt to these challenges is limited, the damage could be irreversible.
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PRO 1] Yet, the IPCC says that steps must be taken...
Hydrogen vehicles will arrive too late to help climate change
A National Research Council report that pegs 2020 for the arrival of the mass-market fuel cell vehicle. According to USA Today, "That's the best case scenario, of course, assuming technology, government, industry and the public all cooperate on bringing hydrogen cars to the nation's highways."[1] Yet, the IPCC says that steps must be taken immediately to stop global warming. This means that hydrogen fuel cell technology is out of sink with the immediacy of global warming.
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PRO Well my oppenet pretty much just had a argument that says...
Climate Shift
I thank my opponent for their response. "Well my oppenet pretty much just had a argument that says 'the scientist say its right, so its right.'" Actually what I'm saying is that scientists have proven sufficiently that it's real, so it is real. As for the rest of my opponents argument, it might be compelling to consider if it was confirmed by any evidence. Since my opponent cited no sources, we can only assume that this is only from his personal knowledge and expertise. A) my overwhelming bulk of sources overrides this. B) My opponent is not an environmental scientist, and even if he was, his opinion would be drowned by the 95% consensus Furthermore, my opponents points regarding the shift being "normal" should be cross referenced with my points regarding the scientific consensus that it is not "normal."
