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I can only read so much far-left death cult nonsense before rolling my eyes and closing the tab. How many cherry picked stats can you fit in one article? Look a

I can only read so much far-left death cult nonsense before rolling my eyes and closing the tab. How many cherry picked stats can you fit in one article? Look at the number of people removed from extreme poverty. Look at the price cliff solar and electric vehicles are falling off. Every "problem" is a hypothetical projection that I have no doubt will be addressed once they turn into economic problems. I'm not losing sleep about fresh water when I'm paying a fraction of a cent for a gallon. If I could talk to a person from the future 1000 years from now, my first question isn't "how many degrees did the Earth warm from climate change" it's "how many star systems have humans colonized."

ncmncm 7y ago
In a thousand years, it will be looked back on as we do the Black and Justinian plagues. It will inspire awe: "They knew, and did nothing?" Humanity, and even civilization, will certainly recover fully within two centuries, three at the outside. This does not inspire confidence in the immediate future.
- Damorian 7y ago
  I expect climate change will look more like Y2K than the black plague. If anything the increase in precipitation, higher temperatures, longer growing season and CO2 concentration will help humanity more than it hurts with mass afforrestation and better crop yields.
  - ncmncm 7y ago
    You just keep telling yourself that. Doing nothing is the easiest thing, and no one will blame you, personally, after.
    - Damorian 7y ago
      Don't make assumptions. I have both an electric car and a 7kw solar system on my home. Not because I'm saving the world or smelling my own farts, but because it makes economic sense. That is the reason, the only reason, climate change will be solved.
      - benschulz 7y ago
        Lots of things make economic sense. That does not make them possible, let alone probable. What makes you so confident in our ability to find solutions that you predict we will look back on global warming as similar to Y2K?
        Damorian 7y ago
        "where there's a will, there's a way." Like I said, these problems are hypothetical and immaterial. If people were struggling to drink clean water or get food, they'll prioritize it with their time and money to solve it. We're dealing with massive time scales to solve these problems. The media makes money off the hyperbolic, pseudoscientific fanfiction they churn out and politicians are elected by fear. "97% of scientists believe in climate change" doesn't mean "97% of scientists believe we've caused the Apocalypse and it's over for humanity in the next decade." It simply means "97% of scientists think the world is warming and is caused in part by human activity."
        ncmncm 7y ago
        Yes, you probably will not be blamed personally.
phs318u 7y ago
If you found a person 1000 years in the future from now, before you could ask them anything, you may need to teach them how to understand the concepts you're describing.

ncmncm 7y ago

In a thousand years, it will be looked back on as we do the Black and Justinian plagues. It will inspire awe: "They knew, and did nothing?" Humanity, and even civilization, will certainly recover fully within two centuries, three at the outside. This does not inspire confidence in the immediate future.

Damorian 7y ago
I expect climate change will look more like Y2K than the black plague. If anything the increase in precipitation, higher temperatures, longer growing season and CO2 concentration will help humanity more than it hurts with mass afforrestation and better crop yields.
- ncmncm 7y ago
  You just keep telling yourself that. Doing nothing is the easiest thing, and no one will blame you, personally, after.
  - Damorian 7y ago
    Don't make assumptions. I have both an electric car and a 7kw solar system on my home. Not because I'm saving the world or smelling my own farts, but because it makes economic sense. That is the reason, the only reason, climate change will be solved.
    - benschulz 7y ago
      Lots of things make economic sense. That does not make them possible, let alone probable. What makes you so confident in our ability to find solutions that you predict we will look back on global warming as similar to Y2K?
      - Damorian 7y ago
        "where there's a will, there's a way." Like I said, these problems are hypothetical and immaterial. If people were struggling to drink clean water or get food, they'll prioritize it with their time and money to solve it. We're dealing with massive time scales to solve these problems. The media makes money off the hyperbolic, pseudoscientific fanfiction they churn out and politicians are elected by fear. "97% of scientists believe in climate change" doesn't mean "97% of scientists believe we've caused the Apocalypse and it's over for humanity in the next decade." It simply means "97% of scientists think the world is warming and is caused in part by human activity."
        ncmncm 7y ago
        Yes, you probably will not be blamed personally.

phs318u 7y ago

If you found a person 1000 years in the future from now, before you could ask them anything, you may need to teach them how to understand the concepts you're describing.