Rock Solid Unassailable Truth #1.
Gentlemen,
For billions of years before mankind existed this world was here. It spun and warmed and cooled. Continents shifted, oceans rose and fell, glaciers covered huge landmasses and then melted and receded, the contents of the atmosphere once contained CO2 concentrations over 20 times higher than they are today, life forms arose, species evolved and then became extinct.
This earth was moving and shaking and changing for uncounted millennia before mankind appeared on the scene and it will be doing the same for uncounted millennia after mankind is long gone. In this massive universe, our entire world is not as consequential as a pimple on an elephant's ass. And on this tiny earth, mankind is equally inconsequential in the long term, grand scheme of things.
That I even exist is a billion to one shot, courtesy of the grace of God. In the blink of an eye, I will be gone.
So if anyone thinks I'm going to limit my flying, boating, motorcycling, or driving because I may add some flyspeck insignificant amount of CO2 to an atmosphere that currently contains only 5% of that same gas that it previously contained billions of years ago, please let me clear up your misconception.
Screw that.
Now, I'm off to the garage to get out the GT. I will meet fellow owners and we will jointly spew a glorious amount of CO2 into the atmosphere while entertaining ourselves this afternoon.
Happy New Year.
Chip