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The amount of immediate unsupported skepticism showing up in these comments is incredibly disheartening. I feel rather certain at this point humanity as a whol

The amount of immediate unsupported skepticism showing up in these comments is incredibly disheartening. I feel rather certain at this point humanity as a whole is unable/unwilling stop this impending disaster due to the perverse insentives that existm that allow people to continue to bury their heads in the sand, and pretend everything is fine.

jrd79 5y ago
Skepticism doesn't require being supported. It is the default perspective when facing a scientific assertion. Conversely, affirmative scientific assertions require the support of relevant reproducible facts. Appeals to authority or consensus are not a source of such support, and should not form part of our scientific discourse.
chrisco255 5y ago
The disaster you imagine is not materializing. The CO2 is having a greening effect on planet earth: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fer... Deaths from natural disasters are still near historic all time lows (despite population being at all-time highs): https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-deaths-from-natural-disasters https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-deaths-from-nat... Sea level rise trend is consistent (and not accelerating) at 2.24mm / year for the last 120 years. That's equivalent to a change of 0.73 feet in 100 years (not an emergency by any stretch): https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/est/est_station.shtml?stnid=8724580 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/est/est_station.shtml?stni... Crop yield and productivity is up 50% or more since 1991: Corn - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/cornyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/cornyl... Rice - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/riceyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/riceyl... Soybeans - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/soyyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/soyyld... Wheat - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/wwyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/wwyld.... Of course, that's to be expected, because CO2 (essential ingredient of photosynthesis) and warmth are generally good for plants, so long as there's sufficient sunlight and precipitation, which there has been. So tell me, how is your life worse off than your ancestors from the pre-industrial era?

jrd79 5y ago

Skepticism doesn't require being supported. It is the default perspective when facing a scientific assertion. Conversely, affirmative scientific assertions require the support of relevant reproducible facts. Appeals to authority or consensus are not a source of such support, and should not form part of our scientific discourse.

chrisco255 5y ago

The disaster you imagine is not materializing. The CO2 is having a greening effect on planet earth: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fer... Deaths from natural disasters are still near historic all time lows (despite population being at all-time highs): https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-deaths-from-natural-disasters https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-deaths-from-nat... Sea level rise trend is consistent (and not accelerating) at 2.24mm / year for the last 120 years. That's equivalent to a change of 0.73 feet in 100 years (not an emergency by any stretch): https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/est/est_station.shtml?stnid=8724580 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/est/est_station.shtml?stni... Crop yield and productivity is up 50% or more since 1991: Corn - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/cornyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/cornyl... Rice - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/riceyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/riceyl... Soybeans - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/soyyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/soyyld... Wheat - https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/wwyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/wwyld.... Of course, that's to be expected, because CO2 (essential ingredient of photosynthesis) and warmth are generally good for plants, so long as there's sufficient sunlight and precipitation, which there has been. So tell me, how is your life worse off than your ancestors from the pre-industrial era?