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But in real life, do you actually expect we will stop climate change before it causes any serious harm? When do you think we'll start doing that? We've done alm
by lopmotr 8y ago
But in real life, do you actually expect we will stop climate change before it causes any serious harm? When do you think we'll start doing that? We've done almost nothing so far but what we have done is incrementally developed technology to allow humans to comfortably survive severe weather like storms, floods, and droughts. So I say pragmatic because it's a continuation of what we already do, and optimistic because I believe it will be successful at saving us. I've yet to see a highly likely climate change prediction that couldn't be defended against with engineering on a scale smaller than what we've already achieved.
- pbecotte 8y agoLol, finally someone with the same opinion as me. Yes, climate change is real, but it would be more expensive to stop it than to adapt to it
- lopmotr 8y agoNice to meet you too! It's a pity that so many people insist on taking extremist positions then pigeon-holing everyone into one of them. I just got called equivalent to a climate change denier, that's how pervasive the tribalism is.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> It's a pity that so many people insist on taking extremist positions The fact that your opinion doesn't align with the usual axis doesn't make it less extremist, it just makes it extreme in an unusual direction.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> But in real life, do you actually expect we will stop climate change before it causes any serious harm? No, we obviously can't, it's already causing serious harm. We can mitigate the rate at which it proceeds so that it's within the range that, with concurrent reasonably acheivable adaptation, doesn't cause global, cataclysmic harm. Moreover, if we don't act to mitigate it, it will eventually—and in not too long—reach a tipping point where that is no longer the case.