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More CO2 = higher crop yields. Higher temperature = more arable land. Your beliefs are not scientifically valid.
by explainplease 8y ago
More CO2 = higher crop yields.
Higher temperature = more arable land.
Your beliefs are not scientifically valid.
- titzer 8y agoI would suggest you consider that issue may be more complicated than a single variable. While it make for great back and forth on an HN thread and wonderful, cathartic gotcha moments, (perhaps I also feel this urge), it really is a complicated issue, and pretty much all signs point to climate change as being a very disruptive, likely cataclysmic change to the entire planet. Ecosystems don't respond to rapid, catastrophic changes well. Loss of biodiversity--losing a link in the food chain--tends produce shockwaves through the entire system, which can lead to collapse. E.g. https://phys.org/news/2015-06-tide-pools-rapid-die-off-sea.html https://phys.org/news/2015-06-tide-pools-rapid-die-off-sea.h...
- ThomPete 8y agoYes it's more complicated than a single variable something you too should keep in mind.
- explainplease 8y agoSo many adjectives, so few facts.
- chimprich 8y agoHigher temperatures also lead to desertification, smaller land area through sea level rise, and more extreme weather events. It's a complicated situation to predict, and it would be wrong to say it comes with no opportunities, but it looks like averting the situation, even partially, is going to be far less painful than dealing with the effects.
- ThomPete 8y agoThat certainly depends on what you are going to do to prevent it.