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This is one reason I have a lot of faith in humanity. There are many fear mongers publishing all sorts of scary stories about climate change but I am sorry if w
by goindeep 5y ago
This is one reason I have a lot of faith in humanity. There are many fear mongers publishing all sorts of scary stories about climate change but I am sorry if we can send people to the moon and cure all sorts of diseases, we can sort out the climate problem with technology too.
- mrpopo 5y agoThe rate of deforestation peaked. Deforestation is still ongoing. We can sort out the climate problem with technology, sure. The thing is, we already have it. What you probably mean is, you want to sort out the climate problem with hypothetical technology that would change absolutely nothing to our ways of life and cost us nothing. Maybe this hypothetical technology should also give us free massages otherwise who would bother changing?
- paulddraper 5y agoWhat is the rate of reforestation?
- mrpopo 5y agoWe cut down less trees in the 2010s that in the 1980s but we still cut down trees. The world's forested area is continuously decreasing, just less fast.
- paulddraper 5y agoBut don't you have to measure the number of new trees planted/grown? There will always be a positive # of trees felled by humans. Even if there are only 10 of them on the planet.
- paulddraper 5y ago> hypothetical technology that would change absolutely nothing to our ways of life and cost us nothing AKA nuclear power.
- mrpopo 5y agoSure, this should be part of the solution, but nuclear power doesn't cost nothing, it's either quite expensive or quite dangerous. Also, this only answers the question of decarbonization of the electricity, which is maybe 25% of the problem. You still need to address transportation, heating, cooling, land use, meat consumption, etc. This is where people will need to change their ways of life, at least just a bit.
- redisman 5y ago> transportation, heating, cooling Cant you already do all these with electricity?
- mrpopo 5y agoWell, absolutely, and that's my original point. All the technology necessary to combat climate change is already there, but people aren't using it because it's marginally less convenient or more expensive.
- paulddraper 5y agoOr people aren't actually interested in combating global warming and want to push changes for other reasons.
- behringer 5y agoThe risk is that we'll all be dead long before this magic tech is invented.
- anothernewdude 5y agoIf you think deforestation is solved, then you didn't read the article beyond the headline.