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"Catastrophic climate change" is not a binary thing where you either have it or you don't. We'll almost certainly have catastrophic climate change. It will sti
by hannob 7y ago
"Catastrophic climate change" is not a binary thing where you either have it or you don't.
We'll almost certainly have catastrophic climate change. It will still make a huge difference if we try to limit it as much as possible or if we just go on without caring.
- ptah 7y agoit is in fact binary. there is a tipping point, a point of no return, where what we do will not make a difference as the momentum is too big. EDIT: at this point there is still a chance but the odds are not in our favour. EDIT: 10 years ago we had a 50/50 chance as that article quotes UK Met Office
- basch 7y agoits a spectrum of "not bad, bad, really bad, really really bad" Its not just "itll happen" without a degree of how bad.
- ptah 7y agoi'm not talking about how bad it will be, i am talking about how much of a difference changes made by us will make. there is a point where even if we stopped all carbon emissions it will not stop climate change
- basch 7y agoit's not a "will it flood or not" it's "how many miles from the coast will we lose to the ocean" Is the water going to come 2 miles in or 30? Both are catastrophic, but to different degrees.