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And if you want to be really persnickety... let's see how much money it would take to get CO2 levels down to Roman times! It would cost $0 in Roman Times, and t
by quickthrower2 7y ago
And if you want to be really persnickety... let's see how much money it would take to get CO2 levels down to Roman times! It would cost $0 in Roman Times, and trillions now, so ... they were all rich?
- grawprog 7y agoWell...not $0: https://www.livescience.com/23678-methane-emissions-roman-times.html https://www.livescience.com/23678-methane-emissions-roman-ti... >researchers found that methane production was high around 100 B.C., during the heyday of the Roman civilization, and waned around A.D. 200 as the empire faltered. The methane was released when Romans burned down forest to clear land for crops and expanding settlements, Sapart said.
- sergeykish 7y agoYep! These were Little Ice Age prevention measures, or maybe Roman Warm Period investments. Still expenses. State should have been involved, economic incentives, campaigns like "Burn the coal - stay Huns home" Everyone knew it, but then as now too little to late https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Warm_Period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Warm_Period
- jdminhbg 7y agoCO2 levels now aren't great, but I'm not sure Roman-era lead emissions were an improvement: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-roman-polluted-european-air-heavily.html https://phys.org/news/2019-05-roman-polluted-european-air-he...