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Of course there is.
by pbreit 7y ago
Of course there is.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoDepends on your definition of "runaway". If runaway = Venus, then no, there is no adapting to that.
- kd5bjo 7y agoHumans are really good at adapting to new situations; even if climate change causes a massive reduction in population and standard of living, I’m confident that some humans will survive. I don’t know what the solutions will look like, but sci-fi authors have shown us some semi-plausible solutions: domed, climate controlled cities here or elsewhere in the solar system; generation ships that aren’t dependent on any planet; a reversion to small tribal societies.
- GuiA 7y agoEvery single species that has ever gone extinct was really good at adapting until suddenly it wasn’t.
- eduren 7y ago>I’m confident that some humans will survive Well yes, at our current technology levels ecological and climate based collapse has almost no chance of making humans 100% extinct. But I don't think that anyone is arguing the opposite. The moral calculus for addressing climate change isn't that affected by differences in the survival rate of 0% vs 5% vs 50%. All of the above would be catastrophically bad in human terms.
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- Ididntdothis 7y ago“even if climate change causes a massive reduction in population and standard of living, I’m confident that some humans will survive.” I agree with that. Humanity will go on. But we may have a lot of wars and suffering while adapting to the new world.