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The sea level rising by two centimeters is not more perilous than nuclear annihilation.
by throwno 7y ago
The sea level rising by two centimeters is not more perilous than nuclear annihilation.
- radicalbyte 7y agoThe wars caused by crop failures precipitated by climate inaction increase the risks of nuclear annihilation exponentially.
- solveit 7y agoYeah, but they said "most perilous time". It's hard to argue that nuclear annihilation is more likely now than in 1950~1990.
- pier25 7y agoHumans didn't launch any global nuclear offensive but they have "launched" climate change. Even if a miracle happened and we reached zero emissions today there are still 40 years of warming from current emissions in the atmosphere plus unstoppable feedbacks that have already been triggered (Arctic ice, methane in the permafrost, etc). Nobody really knows how much warming these feedbacks will add or for how long. And even in the best case scenario we won't get to zero emissions in at least a couple of decades.
- ailideex 7y agoLast I checked crop yields and global food production is going up, not down.
- radicalbyte 7y agoFor now, but changes in weather will change the places where we can grow crops. This change will happen fast, the question is if our adaptation can keep up with the change. Don't forget that the high yields are caused by the crops being highly optimized for current conditions..
- pier25 7y agoSea level rise is the least of our problems.