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It is apparently possible that runaway global warming (the very kind we are currently initiating (perhaps irreversibly initiated already)) could render Earth li

It is apparently possible that runaway global warming (the very kind we are currently initiating (perhaps irreversibly initiated already)) could render Earth like Venus. The sun is hotter now than the last time the clathrates got released at the Permian–Triassic extinction event. This is not espoused much by mainstream climatologists but real non-crank climatologists have work supporting the fact that it is possible. Steven Hawking even publicly brought this up.

furgooswft13 7y ago
> Steven Hawking even publicly brought this up. And was rebuked for it. https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/earth-is-not-at-risk-of-becoming-a-hothouse-like-venus-as-stephen-hawking-claimed-bbc/ https://climatefeedback.org/claimreview/earth-is-not-at-risk... Even in the absolute worse case scenarios we'd expect to see a temperature increase of around 10C, which is nowhere close to Venus levels. Also he threw in "raining sulphuric acid" just to make it sound even more apocalyptic I guess. Earth becoming Venus is not even a "less likely" to happen scenario, it's a completely implausible scenario even if 100% of humanity dedicated itself to releasing all carbon into the atmosphere as quick as possible tomorrow just for kicks. Prominent scientists like Hawking publicly making such groundless and hyperbolic statements IS hurting case for action against climate change, and that's exactly what this article is talking about.