Gore said 2015.
UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That
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Re: UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
> In my opinion, the most harmful thing you can do, is choosing to do nothing. I disagree. Millions of Americans and one of two major political parties are actively obstructing action to mitigate the impact of climate change. Doing nothing is better than doing things to actively hamper positive efforts.
You can't control what others do. You can control what you (and perhaps your immediate family) do. Be the change you want to see in the world.
Seriously? Do I have to list countless individuals who fought multinational corps and won b/c they were being screwed? Telling your family to put the hamburgers down aint going to help this situation.
Re: UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That
#23Defeatism is endemic to comment threads like this. I'm not sure what the purpose of these comments is, to be honest. If anything, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Let me offer an alternative point of view. Yes, the climate will be irreparably damaged. Yes, lots of humnas will suffer. These things seem to be unavoidable. The harm to both our planet and its citizens is happening as we speak. However, the scale to which…
As the article pointed out, we are entering a new territory that the global temperature rising is irreversible. And this was posted on HN more than 4 years ago.[1]
Even if it was reversible, that would require a negative carbon economy and completed rebuild energy structure that rely upon massive scale zero-carbon energy sources (currently only hydro and nuclear qualify at that scale but either not practical or facing opposition, solar/wind/tidal/geothermo don't). And, a massive scale carbon collecting infrastructure to significantly capture the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Unfortunately that technology doesn't exist (at least not outside of the labs or proven scaling massively yet).
There is only so much everyone can do - using LED lighting, reduce energy consumption etc. but without a coordinated political will and a major driving force in technology, it's fruitless. And most importantly, it's too little too late.
Put it simply, there is simply no technical solution and daily habits can change the trajectory of an extinction event. Now it's clearer than ever why Musk and Bezos are exploring space and Mars colonization given their tremendous amount of fortune and resources behind their teams of smartest people working for them - rather than say saving our planet and happily ever after.
Lastly, I still believe in doing something is better than nothing, that's the only positive aspect of this story.