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For the past half year I've settled out to objectively answer this question for myself. There is a lot of confusion in main-stream media but if you look more cl
by aoner 8y ago
For the past half year I've settled out to objectively answer this question for myself. There is a lot of confusion in main-stream media but if you look more closely you'll see that the scientific evidence is paramount. If you want to take a deep dive, I think the best place is the IPCC (Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Cli...). Their estimates have historically usually been a bit conservative, but I think that is also the power of the organisation.
You can read there reports here: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.shtml http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_da...
The thing is, the more research I did, the more I realised the sheer size of the problem and complexity. There is no quick fix, we need multiple solutions and they should be interdisciplinary (we are lacking interdisciplinary solutions).
Also the more research I did, the more I realised, at this moment, carbon dioxide pollution is THE biggest current threat to the existence of humanity.
I still think we can solve it, for example renewable are well on their way, and I think that we will also solve the energy-storage problem in the next decade.
However we don't have any practical/profitable solutions for carbon storage at scale.
If you have specific questions or you want different sources I'd be happy to help. Also, if you feel like your opinion has changed/or not after research, please enlighten other people in a constructive way. But of course, do your own research :).