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Global warming is not binary. We still get to choose the degree of chaos. The last-ditch effort of carbon capture is still a possibility. And a lot of work in
by kaybe 5y ago
Global warming is not binary. We still get to choose the degree of chaos.
The last-ditch effort of carbon capture is still a possibility. And a lot of work in preparation remains as well. The more resilient we can become the less suffering there will be. And some of these things are not even complicated, such as large monocultures being much more susceptible to crop failures for example.
- cableshaft 5y agoYeah, we can choose the degree of chaos, and right now the degree that's being chosen is total fucking chaos (while pretending there's going to be zero chaos). Maybe we can tone it down to "quite a bit of chaos", though.
- corty 5y agoProblem is, we are mostly not preparing for chaos, we are still trying to prevent it. We should stop trying to prevent global warming because that is a futile endavour anyways. Instead we should start building water reservoirs, dams, begin resettlements, etc.
- kaybe 5y agoNo, let's please not stop! Have a look at this plot: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/FigSPM-10.jpg https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/FigSPM-10.jp... And then consider that the x-axis does not cover the full carbon available as fossil fuels. Depending on estimation, this could be 15,000 GtC, maybe more (the lower axis in that plot). https://mahb.stanford.edu/library-item/what-if-we-burn-all-the-fossil-fuels/ https://mahb.stanford.edu/library-item/what-if-we-burn-all-t... It's not looking good now, but we can make this so much worse. You're right about the mitigation, of course.