Humanity needs to stop flying all the time.
Earth Is on the Brink of Breaching a 7th of Nine 'Planetary Boundaries'
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#22Planet Earth will be fine. It survived much worse than some little human emissions. The meteor and winter that followed that killed off the dinosaurs was much worse than some elevated CO2. Whether humanity survives this is another question. My bet is we will, since we are like roaches. But many will die for the sins of the few. Interestingly, these few who will survive are probably the ones who created this mess and can afford to. The many that will die are probably for the better anyway. The future of humanity is not yet decided, but it will take a great leap of tech to overcome this. One thing is for sure: we cant save the Planet by trying to "save the planet", meaning downsize, recycle, emit less etc. Exactly like one cannot become a millionaire by saving. We need to invest in our future and find efficient ways to extract CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it to power. Optimize and cheapen stuff like E-Diesel made from atmospheric CO2 and hydrogen from desalinated seawater using solar and wind. And stop giving space and time to idiots from Extinction Rebellion and The Last Generation. I hope not all here are brainwashed and understand what I'm saying.
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#23I’ve kind of accepted we are screwed. Whether I am alive when shit hits the fan or not is another question. But seeing that people are trying to build satellite mirrors to put MORE solar energy into the planet without even thinking about it for more than a few minutes, I would say we are more screwed than we realize. The first law of stupidity applies.
Where is the assumption coming from that a “shit hits the fan” event will happen? What if it is just a slow degradation in myriad aspects of quality of life only felt over the course of decades?
Ah yes, the myriad aspects of quality of life that has degraded over decades.
https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty-in-brief
https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-activists-disasters-fir...
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#24Planet Earth will be fine. It survived much worse than some little human emissions. The meteor and winter that followed that killed off the dinosaurs was much worse than some elevated CO2. Whether humanity survives this is another question. My bet is we will, since we are like roaches. But many will die for the sins of the few. Interestingly, these few who will survive are probably the ones who created this mess and…
I think people are more concerned about the coral reefs than the humans
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
that's not really walking it back... recovery is much more difficult than not causing the problem in the first place, and because it can be reversed doesn't mean it will be
Like I said, it's english prose and the applicability of “walking it back” is subject to debate. I'm not arguing the point, just pulling out the obvious triggering line and explaining where I think the sentiment is coming from.
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#26Planet Earth will be fine. It survived much worse than some little human emissions. The meteor and winter that followed that killed off the dinosaurs was much worse than some elevated CO2. Whether humanity survives this is another question. My bet is we will, since we are like roaches. But many will die for the sins of the few. Interestingly, these few who will survive are probably the ones who created this mess and…
IMO. You’re brainwashed for thinking technology is going to save us from this tbh.
Climate already saw a lot of improvements during the 2020 lockdowns.
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#27Planet Earth will be fine. It survived much worse than some little human emissions. The meteor and winter that followed that killed off the dinosaurs was much worse than some elevated CO2. Whether humanity survives this is another question. My bet is we will, since we are like roaches. But many will die for the sins of the few. Interestingly, these few who will survive are probably the ones who created this mess and…
When the food runs out, oligarchs bleed.
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#28“The health check will also serve as a “mission-control center” for decision-making, per the statement, by using satellite data, A.I. and multiple scientific disciplines—as well as the wisdom of Indigenous peoples, which is something the researchers hope to incorporate more of in following editions”
Just in case you were considering taking this seriously…
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#29Way back in the SimEarth days I got introduced to the Gaia concept, which at the time seemed a little hokey, but as time goes on seems more and more apt. Not trying to sound like Agent Smith, but sure seems like the earth is treating humans like a virus and is warming itself up to get rid of us. We had a long time to see it coming, but it's not politically popular to acknowledge it, and here in the U.S. you can signal your affiliation by dismissing it publicly (Huckabee-Sanders).
But mother nature always wins in the end regardless of your politics, and now mother nature wants you dead.
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#30I’ve kind of accepted we are screwed. Whether I am alive when shit hits the fan or not is another question. But seeing that people are trying to build satellite mirrors to put MORE solar energy into the planet without even thinking about it for more than a few minutes, I would say we are more screwed than we realize. The first law of stupidity applies.
But seeing that people are trying to build satellite mirrors to put MORE solar energy into the planet without even thinking [...]
Like Reflect Orbital [1]? In which case do not worry, they did not think that through, the amount of energy they can deliver is noise compared to the noise in solar radiation.