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Re: Temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth’s species

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Post by schwartzworld »

geoduck14 wrote: post #31
rumpelstinkin wrote: post #21

honest question, is it so bad if we go extinct? why bother going through all this effort and anxiety for someone we'll never even meet? taking an honest look at my own life, I'm just a sophisticated robot that eats, poops and labors just so I can continue to eat, poop and labor yet another day...

I agree. The title should say "permanent damage to current species" Plenty of animals, plants, and humans will die. And they will be replaced with different animals, plants, and humans. Of course, in 70 years, even if we fix climate change, we will be dead anyway.

It would be nice if our kids didn't die of climate change. Or their kids

Re: Temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth’s species

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peyton wrote: post #3

> Relying on carbon dioxide removal and so-called negative emissions technologies to lower greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over several decades is too risky to contemplate. Author is saying to not even think about all solutions? Unprompted, on a post ostensibly sharing research findings? Sounds a bit dogmatic and politically motivated. I don’t trust their results.

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Re: Temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth’s species

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Post by hedora »

11235813213455 wrote: post #33
hulitu wrote: post #4

Who cares ? /s

Who acts? Who reduced their footprint under 2 Tonnes equivalent CO2 / year? Not many of us, though that's definitely something with many other benefits than environmental

There are many direct air carbon capture technologies under development. Most should cost between $50-200 per ton of CO2 they capture. That translates to $1 to "undo" a gallon of gasoline.

Re: Temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth’s species

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Post by stjohnswarts »

rumpelstinkin wrote: post #37
stjohnswarts wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because humans like other humans? humans want a legacy? humans want the species to persist and even excel? Not everyone is a nihilist.

and yet most humans continue pursuing a lifestyle that is simple not sustainable at an 8 billion people scale, and don't want to give it up. Doesn't sound like they care much about the consequences of their actions on others. Haven't made the calculations, but I'm quite sure we could keep the current technological pillars of well-being (food, health, heating) without much issue to the environment if we gave up all th…

I agree there will probably be a mass die off of humans in the coming century as resources dry up and wars erupt over said resources (exacerbated by climate change) but it doesn't mean we have to give up

Re: Temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth’s species

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Post by 11235813213455 »

hedora wrote: post #43
11235813213455 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who acts? Who reduced their footprint under 2 Tonnes equivalent CO2 / year? Not many of us, though that's definitely something with many other benefits than environmental

There are many direct air carbon capture technologies under development. Most should cost between $50-200 per ton of CO2 they capture. That translates to $1 to "undo" a gallon of gasoline.

It's worth trying but it's also essential that people pollute less (and not just with CO2, plastic littering, batteries, ..), also note that those air carbon capture companies has received funds from gas companies (https://www.facebook.com/jeanmarc.jancovici/posts/3539457094...)

Re: Temporarily overshooting 2°C would cause permanent damage to Earth’s species

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Post by rumpelstinkin »

schwartzworld wrote: post #41
geoduck14 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. The title should say "permanent damage to current species" Plenty of animals, plants, and humans will die. And they will be replaced with different animals, plants, and humans. Of course, in 70 years, even if we fix climate change, we will be dead anyway.

It would be nice if our kids didn't die of climate change. Or their kids

it's not like you're forced to make them...
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