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Climate change happens over such a large scale space (the earth!) and such a large amount of time (decades!) that makes it very difficult to really comprehend.
by hacker_9 7y ago
Climate change happens over such a large scale space (the earth!) and such a large amount of time (decades!) that makes it very difficult to really comprehend. How do you tie a heatwave to CO2 emissions from cars? All that can be given are handwavey probabilities, even the weatherman gets it wrong and he's only predicting a week into the future!
I suspect as we move to more energy efficient tech this problem will eventually solve itself, but I can't see it being hurried up by climate change itself.
- f_allwein 7y agoNo, there is broad scientific consensus that the climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and that human CO2 emissions are a key cause. See e.g. https://www.ipcc.ch/ https://www.ipcc.ch/ Unfortunately, your optimism regarding energy efficient tech does not seem warranted either. Look up Climate Lag - apparently, if we stopped emitting CO2 tomorrow, it would still take decades for the effects to show.