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As a software engineer I am really scared of all these geo-engineering solutions. There is no integration environment to test them.
by perfunctory 7y ago
As a software engineer I am really scared of all these geo-engineering solutions. There is no integration environment to test them.
- jandrese 7y ago"We'll test it in production."
- spocklivelong 7y ago#yolo it you mean? I think we only have one livable planet atm
- dr_dshiv 7y agoKeep in mind that you could walk to England from the Netherlands 8,000 years ago. The climate will be changing, regardless of mankind. Should we allow it to or should we explore interventions in the feedback loops, towards climate stability?
- perfunctory 7y agoI am not sure I understand your point.
- dr_dshiv 7y agoMy position is that we should be developing the science and technology to stabilize the climate, since drastic climate change is inevitable, with or without human folly.
- perfunctory 7y agoFor the long term I would agree. But in the short term, I think it's way to risky to rely on non-existent/unproven technologies to solve the current climate crisis. We simply don't have time for experiments.
- dr_dshiv 7y agoIt seems to me that the alternative to relying on experimental sci/tech is relying on a functional, far-sighted political process or mass individual behavior change.