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It might impinge on GDP by 100% by ending human civilization. That 10% figure was the "median" outcome at the time, and increasingly it's looking like a hopeles
by moultano 7y ago
It might impinge on GDP by 100% by ending human civilization. That 10% figure was the "median" outcome at the time, and increasingly it's looking like a hopelessly optimistic best case scenario.
- wolco 7y agoI remember when no one wanted to bury trash so they would burn it. Now we use methane from burying it to produce green power. Carbon can be recaptured and reused. Wait until we see a planet about to smash into us before we start worrying about the end of civilation.
- moultano 7y agoVirtually every mass extinction in the history of the planet we now think was caused by climate change caused by CO2. The K-T asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs is the outlier. The worst in history, the P-T extinction that nearly wiped out all complex life, happened after a volcano in siberia flowed into a coal bed. We're currently releasing CO2 10x faster than that. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/science/climate-change-mass-extinction.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/science/climate-change-ma...