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Maybe we'll get lucky and the fossil fuels will run out before we make the planet completely uninhabitable.

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rosser 11y ago
We'll never make the planet completely uninhabitable. Even our nuclear weapons couldn't do that, let alone burning dinosaurs, however profligately. All we have to do is make the planet uninhabitable for us, and the problem ultimately corrects itself.
Nutmog 11y ago
Are there any serious predictions that the planet will become uninhabitable, even a little bit? People can live in a huge range of climates, far more extreme than global warming predictions. Plants also grow well in high temperatures and with artificial irrigation, don't require regular rainfall.
- ghshephard 11y ago
  Parts of the world currently inhabitable will become unlivable. In particular, Dubai, which is one of the most inhospitable places I've ever been on earth (combination of humidity + high temperature) - becomes lethal by 2100 in some projections - http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/27/world/persian-gulf-heat-climate-change/ http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/27/world/persian-gulf-heat-cl... Hot temperatures are much more difficult to handle than cold temperatures for humans. With proper clothing/goggles/face masks, I've been downright cozy at -43 celsius in northern British Columbia - spent hours completely comfortable. In Dubai, on a hot, humid day in September, I can manage maybe 15 minutes of exertion before I have to escape back to air-conditioning.
  - rewqfdsa 11y ago
    Clearly, it'll be the world's first domed city
  - ryandvm 11y ago
    So a city that runs on oil revenue and has literally no natural attractions becomes the equivalent of death valley. Meh. Let's pick a different worst case scenario...
    - undersuit 11y ago
      Not just the city. Pretty much all of northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula become uninhabitable. Can you find another 17839048.21 km² to replace it?

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We'll never make the planet completely uninhabitable. Even our nuclear weapons couldn't do that, let alone burning dinosaurs, however profligately. All we have to do is make the planet uninhabitable for us, and the problem ultimately corrects itself.

Nutmog 11y ago

Are there any serious predictions that the planet will become uninhabitable, even a little bit? People can live in a huge range of climates, far more extreme than global warming predictions. Plants also grow well in high temperatures and with artificial irrigation, don't require regular rainfall.

ghshephard 11y ago
Parts of the world currently inhabitable will become unlivable. In particular, Dubai, which is one of the most inhospitable places I've ever been on earth (combination of humidity + high temperature) - becomes lethal by 2100 in some projections - http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/27/world/persian-gulf-heat-climate-change/ http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/27/world/persian-gulf-heat-cl... Hot temperatures are much more difficult to handle than cold temperatures for humans. With proper clothing/goggles/face masks, I've been downright cozy at -43 celsius in northern British Columbia - spent hours completely comfortable. In Dubai, on a hot, humid day in September, I can manage maybe 15 minutes of exertion before I have to escape back to air-conditioning.
- rewqfdsa 11y ago
  Clearly, it'll be the world's first domed city
- ryandvm 11y ago
  So a city that runs on oil revenue and has literally no natural attractions becomes the equivalent of death valley. Meh. Let's pick a different worst case scenario...
  - undersuit 11y ago
    Not just the city. Pretty much all of northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula become uninhabitable. Can you find another 17839048.21 km² to replace it?