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The Jurassic had higher CO2 levels than today, but the rate of change in atmospheric CO2 was much, much slower than today. To provide an analogy: Most folks ar
by Pfhreak 7y ago
The Jurassic had higher CO2 levels than today, but the rate of change in atmospheric CO2 was much, much slower than today.
To provide an analogy:
Most folks are concerned about our acceleration, not our velocity. You can accelerate to 60mph slowly and comfortably, or you can accelerate to 60mph fast enough to kill you. It's not like 60mph is the problem, it's that if your biological systems don't have enough time to recover from the acceleration you will suffer consequences.
- SkyBelow 7y agoI think a another example to convey the message to the average person would be slowing down from 60mph. You can do so by pressing on the breaks or by slamming into a tree. Suddenly stopping by hitting a tree is something more people have indirect experience with than the idea of a speed increase strong enough to cause the same problems.