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> "Too late for what?" Too late to avoid unnecessary deaths. > "To safe everybody? We never did. People allways died of starvation." People die of starvation
by ZenoArrow 8y ago
> "Too late for what?"
Too late to avoid unnecessary deaths.
> "To safe everybody? We never did. People allways died of starvation."
People die of starvation as a result of war, lack of rainfall and plant diseases. Do we need to add another cause to that list?
> "And people are doing nothing?"
People aren't doing nothing, but the changes aren't quick enough. For example, how much of our energy currently comes from non-renewable sources? If you look at the graphs here, you'll see that use of oil, coal and natural gas are all growing at faster rates than renewables or nuclear:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption
What do you think it will take to turn the tide on this trend?
- hutzlibu 8y ago"> "Too late for what?" Too late to avoid unnecessary deaths." Erm, unnecessary deaths are not nice, sure. But they don't mean Doom for humanity And this also won't: "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption "What do you think it will ake to turn the tide on this trend?" More technology? Exactly what is happening right now. The fire still needs to burn, so we can't just shut of it, before the alternatives aren't ready. And thats the point. There is simply no magic, awesome technology to replace all the fossil driven ones from one day till the next. It is very complex and it will take time. And it probably will go on, even if the sea level rises 4 m and droughts are common. But coal and oil will get burnt till that day, I have no illusions abou that.