This is a refreshingly honest analysis. Personally I'm not convinced by the need to maintain the status quo, however. We can read all about 'X species going extinct in Y years', 'Average temperatures will go up by .X degrees in Y years', and 'X miles of coastline will be destroyed in Y years', and yet none of this explains /why/ these are undesirable outcomes. The unstated premise is that "change is bad", which is a strange position to take, to say the least.
Living in a country where a large part is located below sea level, I can assure you that a rising water level concerns me. But you're right, in the grander scheme of things global warming isn't necessarily a good or a bad thing, it just is.
