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Good points, but: > On top of that: the ddcisions we take now could potentially be multiplied by the next 1000 human generations, only idiots would take that r
by Nuzzerino 7y ago
Good points, but:
> On top of that: the ddcisions we take now could potentially be multiplied by the next 1000 human generations, only idiots would take that risk lightly.
The problem with this is that the decisions we take now could potentially mean anything. The butterfly effect effectively makes it meaningless to measure what we do now, so many years into the future. There's a lot of sentiment against climate change "denial", but the real denial is not about the presence of climate change but rather whether it is wise to make changes that we cannot measure the impact of.
- atoav 7y agoIf you argue like that nothing counts anymore and everything can be justified – maybe it turns out the puppy you shot would have mauled the kid that would have invented the cure to cancer – who knows. If you warm a perfectly inhabitable planet up very quickly, there will be friction. What too little people really grasp is the fact that global warming is a highly non-linear process. It takes the same energy to melt 1kg of ice (at 0°C) to 1kg of water (at 0°C) as it takes to heat water from 0°C to 80°C. Currently we are melting ice – once that is gone things will go at a very different pace and this will be practically irreversible. I don't think I am clever enough to judge alone if this is really a safe route to go, which is why I trust the experts on this one. And they all say: get your fuckign shit together and do something drastic right now.