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Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

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Re: Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

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If some things "are irreversible on timescales of centuries to millennia" then really just going carbon neutral etc. sounds like a pretty weak approach as it would create costs now and large benefits only far in the future. Maybe this really needs geoengineering (and more spending on mitigation)?

Re: Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

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Getting rid of bitcoin would be a start.

Let's instead get rid of private air travel. Has caused a pandemic and millions of deaths.

And the emissions are very likely larger than those of Bitcoin.

People can go on vacation by train instead. If you demand people use slow legacy money then I can demand slow legacy travel, ok? ;)

Re: Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'

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post #4

Getting rid of bitcoin would be a start.

Let's instead get rid of private air travel. Has caused a pandemic and millions of deaths. And the emissions are very likely larger than those of Bitcoin. People can go on vacation by train instead. If you demand people use slow legacy money then I can demand slow legacy travel, ok? ;)

people on this forum love private jets, but hate bitcoin.

why? ppl that travel on private jets can travel commercial, or are some people exempt from climate change damage somehow?

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