I wonder if we need to enclose what we have learned from climate science in a sort of meta-science. For example, we can probably establish a number to represent the smallest probability of each category of damage due to climate change. Let us agree that Category II represents the extinction of many species according to their habitats and the displacement of many humans depending on their location. Let the probability of Category II be not less than 0.14. If we have complete tables of such data, we can easily decide how aggressively we wish to mitigate these circumstances. Personally, I would not tolerate any of them, as I have often dreamed of the Earth as a Garden in which industrial activity is sharply curtailed and fossil fuels are no longer used. I have written voluminously on the social changes I consider necessary and desirable. I would actually like to see the end of the automobile culture with the beautiful autos of yesteryear in museums.
Best wishes to all,
Tom
