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>There’s no evidence that the impact on the extremely low density part of the atmosphere makes any kind of environmental problem That is what people thought ab
by buvanshak 8y ago
>There’s no evidence that the impact on the extremely low density part of the atmosphere makes any kind of environmental problem
That is what people thought about automobiles emitting co2. If we have learned anything, we would be extremely wary of anything that causes big disruptions in the environments, how ever innocent it might seem...
- Robotbeat 8y agoThat’s not true. We knew about the warming effect of CO2 since 1897 or earlier and over 100 years ago, we knew that continual burning of coal and other fossil fuels would cause considerable warming.
- buvanshak 8y ago>we knew that continual burning of coal and other fossil fuels would cause considerable warming. Wrong. We didn't know that. We hoped the co2 will be cleaned up by the mechanisms already in place, and we thought the effect would only be temporary. Just like we think the holes caused by the rockets are temporary now, and will not have any cascading effects. Incredibly short sighted and We have learned nothing from history if we continue to reason like this.
- Robotbeat 8y agoYeah, we did know: https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/coals-link-to-global-warming-explained-in-1912/ https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/coals-link-to-...