Unexpected Surge in Global Methane Levels
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Unexpected Surge in Global Methane Levels
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#2"That said, most experts in the field suspect that all traditional sources (natural and anthropogenic) are contributing at least in small part to the surge, and that the biggest contributor might be wetlands responding to climate change (though there is some dissent on this point)."
New kind of clathrate gun we didn't anticipate?
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#3I bet frackers are underreporting/underestimating how much methane is leaked into the atmosphere as a result.
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#4The scale of human activity has become so large that what may seem like fairly trivial variations can be quite impactful thanks to the multiplication factor.
Until we substantially reel in the global population size the situation will continue to be rather precarious.
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#5Sorry about that
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#6The scale of human activity has become so large that what may seem like fairly trivial variations can be quite impactful thanks to the multiplication factor. Until we substantially reel in the global population size the situation will continue to be rather precarious.
What does " substantially reel in the global population size" mean.
People that raise this point almost 100% exclusively mean that about "people that are not me"
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#7The scale of human activity has become so large that what may seem like fairly trivial variations can be quite impactful thanks to the multiplication factor. Until we substantially reel in the global population size the situation will continue to be rather precarious.
Western capitalism seems to be the one thing that has successfully incentivized people to have less kids, later in life. It's not always glamorous, but it's probably better than most alternatives.
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#8The scale of human activity has become so large that what may seem like fairly trivial variations can be quite impactful thanks to the multiplication factor. Until we substantially reel in the global population size the situation will continue to be rather precarious.
Western capitalism seems to be the one thing that has successfully incentivized people to have less kids, later in life. It's not always glamorous, but it's probably better than most alternatives.
That's great and all but there's over a billion people in India alone and a huge fraction of them are still living in poverty, effectively contributing very little currently to factors like co2 emissions. It won't stay that way for much longer.
Quality of life tends to increase, and correspondingly impact increases. We already have far too many people if you consider the quality of life is destined to normalize at the "western" end of the spectrum.
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#9Fuck this is scary. My understanding is that methane could be involved in some theorized runaway feedback loops.
Re: Unexpected Surge in Global Methane Levels
#10The scale of human activity has become so large that what may seem like fairly trivial variations can be quite impactful thanks to the multiplication factor. Until we substantially reel in the global population size the situation will continue to be rather precarious.
Western capitalism seems to be the one thing that has successfully incentivized people to have less kids, later in life. It's not always glamorous, but it's probably better than most alternatives.
Not the one thing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy