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More like sensationalism. I don't downvote, but the comment is absolutely ridiculous. Even the absolute worst case scenarios for climate change are not species

More like sensationalism. I don't downvote, but the comment is absolutely ridiculous. Even the absolute worst case scenarios for climate change are not species ending events with current technology. And we have many decades ahead of us yet where can solve the problem with future technology yielding a negligible overall impact. That said even the mild effects are undesirable and seeing how close we'll come to the worst case scenarios is not really a very smart experiment to be carrying out, but somebody stating climate change is going to kill off humanity is a perfect example of the horseshoe of idiocy that's affecting people as they surround themselves only with agreeable voices. It's how some people today can still try to argue that the climate isn't changing. It relies on echo chambers that all agree to ignore all facts and just go further and further off their respective deep ends.

stronglikedan 8y ago
You seem to have read a lot more into the parent comment than I did. I read it as a simple rebuttal to the articles opening statement saying climate change is killing the planet. While it's impossible for climate change to kill the planet, it is possible to render it too hazardous for humans if left unchecked.
- xupybd 8y ago
  That is all I was trying to say
roryisok 8y ago
> Even the absolute worst case scenarios for climate change are not species ending events with current technology. And we have many decades ahead of us yet where can solve the problem with future technology yielding a negligible overall impact. I'm not sure that we should keep telling ourselves we have many decades to fix this problem. If (ok, when) the arctic permafrost melts we could see runaway warming. Even without that, we put more carbon in to the air every year, every year this problem is harder to solve. Thinking we have decades to fix it is the main reason we're here, now, with heatwaves and wildfires and acidifying oceans
xupybd 8y ago
I don’t actually think climate change will kill off humanity. I’m very optimistic about our ability to solve this and also think the sensationalism is out of control. But even in that worse case the planet is far from dead.

stronglikedan 8y ago

You seem to have read a lot more into the parent comment than I did. I read it as a simple rebuttal to the articles opening statement saying climate change is killing the planet. While it's impossible for climate change to kill the planet, it is possible to render it too hazardous for humans if left unchecked.

xupybd 8y ago
That is all I was trying to say

roryisok 8y ago

> Even the absolute worst case scenarios for climate change are not species ending events with current technology. And we have many decades ahead of us yet where can solve the problem with future technology yielding a negligible overall impact. I'm not sure that we should keep telling ourselves we have many decades to fix this problem. If (ok, when) the arctic permafrost melts we could see runaway warming. Even without that, we put more carbon in to the air every year, every year this problem is harder to solve. Thinking we have decades to fix it is the main reason we're here, now, with heatwaves and wildfires and acidifying oceans

xupybd 8y ago

I don’t actually think climate change will kill off humanity. I’m very optimistic about our ability to solve this and also think the sensationalism is out of control. But even in that worse case the planet is far from dead.