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I guess governments will just skip the prevention step when they realize their own inaction made that impossible and just try to find ways to adapt to the inevi
by Sol- 8y ago
I guess governments will just skip the prevention step when they realize their own inaction made that impossible and just try to find ways to adapt to the inevitable changes instead. There's pretty much no way, purely for political/human reasons, that keeping the temperatures below 2 or even 3 degrees seems feasible at that point, so humanity will just have to deal with it and adapt over the next century. Shame about the planet and the natural ecosystem, though.
- ced 8y agoRight. We'll claim it's too late to "prevent global warming", keep our lifestyle exactly the same because it's "radical" to suggest otherwise, and shoot for +5 degrees in 50 years instead of stabilizing at +2/+3.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago>so humanity will just have to deal with it and adapt over the next century So far, how much did you lose by fighting for the climate, to get the system to change? Your time? Your wealth? Your reputation? Your comfort? How much? I can't believe we're becoming fatalist without a fight. I'd rather join the rebellion than watch the world burn and adapt to hell.
- rayiner 8y agoThere was never anything the government could have done. To simply maintain carbon output at current levels, folks in the west would have to reduce their usage to a small fraction of the current amount to account for the increased usage in India and China.
- rotw 8y ago> so humanity will just have to deal with it and adapt over the next century. Shame about the planet and the natural ecosystem, though. I don't think you understand that efforts to prevent climate change are efforts to preserve humanity - the planet will survive in any case, and just form new ecosystems. It's us who'll be the first victims.
- stephengillie 8y agoBuy an air conditioner now, before governments start to ban them.