Climate Change

I’ve heard it said quite a few times that climate change is at this point inevitable.  I think there is some debate still over whether it’s us humans who are doing it or if it’s just the increased solar activity since the 60s, which incidentally, seems set to peak in 2010 or so. But that’s not what I’m writing about.  Pragmatically, the concerns over climate change center on increased weather fluxuations, rising sea levels, and “irridiation” of land.  Coming in on the same moment is the question of what we should do about it.

As far as governments go, nothing.  Governments should do nothing.  Let everyone figure it out.  Concentrate on maintaining law and order.

The thing is, climate change is going to happen slowly enough that the natural economy will easily be able to adapt to whatever environmental changes do occur.  Predictably, if hurricane activity increases, resulting in coastal areas getting destroyed, the [potential] cost of living or doing business in a coastal areas will further result in people moving inland.  Just give it 3 weather-related episodes.  Unfortunately, the brilliance of the collective intelligence that government is will result in exactly the kind of legislation being proposed in Mississippi and Louisiana that forces down the cost of living or doing business in coastal areas.  Humorously, however, the same people involved in that legislation are probably staying up nights worying about what should be done about climate change.

Check out the picture on this page. I guess my point is the kind of thing pictured won’t really happen without the express interference of government regulation.  Just let each person figure out what they need and let them do it.

All that laissez faire, libertarianism being said, I have no problems with certain efficiency targets.  However, I bet many inefficiencies are [still] present merely because of various other government-instituted regulation of dubious use.