Dinosaury time periods were often much hotter and much more filled with co2. They thrived. Plants thrived. The danger is in the change part.
We are not dinosaurs.
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#12If Elon thinks we could live on Mars I would imagine we'd have no trouble adapting to merely higher temperatures on earth.
Yes, and the fact that business isn't betting on "climate adaptation" technology here at home feels like this is still far off or won't be as apocalyptic as the article suggests. If the worst does come to pass, I'm sure it will alter life as we know it, but the danger would probably be more to animals that can't compensate with technology like we can.
you're vastly overestimating humans' collective ability to compensate with technology. for one, all 7 billion people on earth are affected by global warming. Propagating any technological advancement to 7 billion people is difficult let alone one as complex as this. 2nd even if we had the technology to capture and return carbon and pollution to pre-industrial levels, the cultural changes needed to keep those levels down just simply wouldn't be accepted by the population. ready to limit your meat intake to at most once a week and never fly on a plane again? didn't think so. Also, the estimates given in the article are _median_ estimates. there are a few worst case scenarios thrown in but for all intents and purposes the article describes what is basically guaranteed to happen. you're being far too optimistic.
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#14"The article argues that climate change will render the Earth uninhabitable by the end of this century. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The article fails to produce it." - Climatologist Michael Mann [1]
[1] https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMannScientist/posts/14705390...
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#15Dinosaury time periods were often much hotter and much more filled with co2. They thrived. Plants thrived. The danger is in the change part.
We are not dinosaurs.
That's true. We're warm blooded. That means we're far more capable of dealing with different temperatures than dinosaurs will ever be.
(yes there are cold-blooded mammals and warm-blooded dinosaurs, but they're rare exceptions)
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#16Climate change is already making the earth too hot for SOME humans, specifically atoll dwelling people who are being forced to relocate.
It could make the earth too hot for SOME humans, as in it will force the human population to decline, something guaranteed not to be pleasant.
We're a long way away from any prospect of climate change making the earth unable to support the species homo sapiens, and it's a waste of breath talking about it.
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#18Climate change is already making the earth too hot for SOME humans, specifically atoll dwelling people who are being forced to relocate. It could make the earth too hot for SOME humans, as in it will force the human population to decline, something guaranteed not to be pleasant. We're a long way away from any prospect of climate change making the earth unable to support the species homo sapiens, and it's a waste of b…
Yeah, but it might not be too long until earth can't support 7 Billion human beings.
I mean, plenty of people are already dying of starvation and dehydration, but you know what I mean. Wasn't that the backstory to Battlefield 2142? Arable land either became desert or ice and everyone went to war over a few breadbaskets?
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#19The article seems to suggest that turning to carbon capture is our best option currently. If that is the case then what is the best carbon capture technology we have right now and could it even make a dent?
Probably trees.
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#20The article seems to suggest that turning to carbon capture is our best option currently. If that is the case then what is the best carbon capture technology we have right now and could it even make a dent?
Probably trees.
I wonder if that's only true if we grow them then never cut them down. Because if the full lifecycle ends with combustion or another CO2 releasing process then it may offer no benefit.