I thought that this was a thread on what technologies to invest in, should global warming not pose a threat?  Not a "lets debate global warming" thread.  However, I'll bite....

Again, once we run out of fossil fuels, what then?  "Ah, sorry kids, daddy burned all your heat and light (as you put it) but you have lots of trees and marginally warmer climates.  Enjoy!"  Unsustainable.  Investing in technologies that divert the need to burn fossil fuels to a renewable resource is sustainable.  Secondly, your understanding of CO2 is so basic it astounds me!  If you truly are suggesting that burning fossil fuels only creates life giving gas as a biproduct, please lock yourself in your garage, turn your car on, and bring a plant with you to balance the oxygen and CO2.  Let me know how only the CO2 emissions go for you.    CO2 is essential to plant life, you're right.  But an excess of CO2 in the atmosphere is detrimental to animal life and, contrary to popular believe, does not increase the food value of plants.  While they may grow faster and bigger, their nutrient value is the same, as that's something not gained from CO2.  Therefore, we'll have alot of nutrient poor crops, which is the same as eating fewer nutrient rich crops. Please oh please leave the science to the scientists, and i'll leave the courtroom to the lawyers!

Yes, the definition of sustainability is flexible, but within the bounds of not taking more than can be replaced within a reasonable amount of time. 

Personally, I would invest in Earth Ships (which address water and power consumption on a per-household bases), community based/sized agricultural spaces, education, and alternate forms of transportation.  (I like my bike, but lets face it, -50 is way too cold for biking!! )

very interesting.   i'm googling it :)

Can we also pretend that Shperical Earth, and the Copernican model of the solar system are hoaxes too?

What about biology, can we pretend that's a hoax too?

And while we're at it, let's pretend that the germ  theory of disease is a hoax.

If we're going to pretend that one scientifically sound and well proven concept is a hoax, why stop at one?

I might suggest, qwerty, that arguing with you goes in circles.  It is widely accepted scientific FACT that global warming is a naturally occuring process AND that it is also being accelerated by an undetermined (by this I mean debated) amount due to human activity.  Please understand this as fact, and get off this "so you agree it's natural...well, lets say it's not caused by humans at all...well, i read one report that said it's just a 3 year trend...it's just a crock thought up by environmentalists" loop that you're in.  In other words, advance the plot line! It is getting wearisome responding to the same argument time and time again.....

@ Goodskeptic -

I can agree with this!  It truly is amazing the advancements being made in biotechnology!  It will certainly be one of the new technological waves that sweeps the nation.  And, as you stated, it relies on eductaion.

I feel bad for your clients... Again, more circles.  I am not opposed to debating a point, and infact, openly welcome newfound arguments into the topic!  But please stop being so ignorant! I am agreeing with you, and expounding upon your rightful statement about global warming, and then you turn around and try to paint me as something I'm not.  I do recall you accusing me of this action in another thread, and would kindly appreciate a less hipocritical approach.  Again, I enjoy the banter, but please ADVANCE the plot! 

momsfruitcake does raise some interesting ideas, all related to sustainability.  I certainly appreach the better definition of sustainability that she offers.

The Republican Party has been pretending that Global Warming is a hoax for years if not decades.

If it is, then they will own everything and Socialists like me will die in the concentration camps.

Currently the globe is actually cooling.  the past decade , with the exception of one year, I think it was 1999, each year has been cooler.

Global cooling is a bigger threat as the reason we would be cooling is if something were to happen to the sun.

The reason this year is so cool is that the sun is at an all time low in it's cycle of sun spots.  February 2009 ( i think, but it might have been March)is the only month on record with no sunspot activity at all.

however,  to look at your question qwerty.

If I were to invest in something for the future good of the planet I would consider water.  A  cheap way to desalinate ocean water for use but then also resalinate it prior to putting it back.  I would consider ways of getting the most out of the water that we do have.

Changing from high water use plants in farming globally to water conservers.

It was one of the things I liked in the book Dune.  How everyone reclaimed their own water and redrank it as needed.

To think that we could each be our own biosphere is quite a neat idea.

Warm or cool, i think water is the concern.  It is amazing to think that all the water we currently have on earth has been here forever.  It just keeps cycling around and around.   We need to conserve it, use it and keep in clean

Not too long a go I read about some golf courses in the SE States that developed a vaiety of grass that could be irrigated with pure sea-water.  I would invest in plant bio-tech that would bring that trait to wheat, corn, etc.   Imagine the middle-east becoming the bread basket of asia.

Hi qwerty,

I wouldn't have time for that because I'd be Green Lantern of space sector 2814 and I'd be in the middle of a fight with my pal Barry who is recently back from the dead and a Martian Manhunter who is back and according to my ring, still dead.

And whereas prior to his death the Martian Manhunter was my friend and former colleague in the Justice League he now appears to think Barry and I should have stayed dead and is determined to correct the problem of our resurrections.

I've tried to get my fellow Lanterns via my ring but there is no response on Oa.

I think its serious.

Grace and peace to you.

John

sounds serious *lol*