How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
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How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
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Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#2No, the real question is how to keep the earth from being cooked by greenhouse gases, not in 500 million years, but actually in a few decades. This article borders on climate change denial.
Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#3This sentence from the article seems to be completely made up and not based in any actual science:
"Without water to lubricate tectonic activity, our plates will grind to a halt."
In fact, water has nothing to do with tectonic activity, and the "lubricant" seems to be a special kind of molten magma:
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/scripps_scientists_discover_lub...
Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#4This sentence from the article seems to be completely made up and not based in any actual science: "Without water to lubricate tectonic activity, our plates will grind to a halt." In fact, water has nothing to do with tectonic activity, and the "lubricant" seems to be a special kind of molten magma: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/scripps_scientists_discover_lub...
This is not my area, but how does your statement reconcile with [1] and [2]?
[1] "The fate of water within Earth and super-Earths and implications for plate tectonics," doi://10.1098/rsta.2015.0394, from which: "Water is thought to be critical for the development of plate tectonics, because it lowers viscosities in the asthenosphere, enabling subduction."
[2] "The role of liquid water in maintaining plate tectonics and the regulation of surface temperature," 2001AGUFM.U21A..09S, from which: "The difference between the strength of a wet lithosphere and that of a dry lithosphere seems to be big enough to control the very existence of plate tectonics."
Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#5No, the real question is how to keep the earth from being cooked by greenhouse gases , not in 500 million years, but actually in a few decades. This article borders on climate change denial.
Multiple problems can exist at the same time.
Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#6No, the real question is how to keep the earth from being cooked by greenhouse gases , not in 500 million years, but actually in a few decades. This article borders on climate change denial.
Is it a few decades from 1980 or a few decades from 2024?
Alarmist statements hurt more than they help fight human caused climate change.
Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#7No, the real question is how to keep the earth from being cooked by greenhouse gases , not in 500 million years, but actually in a few decades. This article borders on climate change denial.
Is it a few decades from 1980 or a few decades from 2024? Alarmist statements hurt more than they help fight human caused climate change.
Given that CO2 emissions have only ever increased, it seems like everything hurts more than helps the fight against climate change. For what it’s worth, I’m reasonably convinced that the answer is 1980 and that, like a lethal dose of radiation, the damage is done and now we merely wait for the effects to take hold fully.
Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#8No, the real question is how to keep the earth from being cooked by greenhouse gases , not in 500 million years, but actually in a few decades. This article borders on climate change denial.
Apologies for being rude, but these kind of answers are exactly the type of answers that sre not helping solving things at all and are counterreactive. This article is not denying anything. Its telling something entirely different. Also it tries to give a slightly different look on things than usual.
Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#9No, the real question is how to keep the earth from being cooked by greenhouse gases , not in 500 million years, but actually in a few decades. This article borders on climate change denial.
Is it a few decades from 1980 or a few decades from 2024? Alarmist statements hurt more than they help fight human caused climate change.
I'm starting to get that there's no good way to talk about climate change, especially to people which have a vested interest not to hear about it.
Re: How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it a few decades from 1980 or a few decades from 2024? Alarmist statements hurt more than they help fight human caused climate change.
I'm starting to get that there's no good way to talk about climate change, especially to people which have a vested interest not to hear about it.
Maybe people are just tired from the same old alarmism which is then used to introduce more and more limitations and never touches the biggest offenders. Sure, introduce the next tax, lovely. Hope Nestle doesn't get touched.