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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-fe
by 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?