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A changing climate doesn't mean an unlivable earth. Unfortunately this isn't true - certain parts of the earth (perhaps affecting as many as 1B people) will in
by vanusa 5y ago
A changing climate doesn't mean an unlivable earth.
Unfortunately this isn't true - certain parts of the earth (perhaps affecting as many as 1B people) will in fact become unlivable, as we approach warming scenarios above 1.5 degrees.
- kcplate 5y agoBut…how do you know? You claim this to be untrue, but let’s face it, your truth is based on faith in some as yet unproven data model predicting and event that has not yet occurred assuming measured data that has not yet been generated. Climate models and predictions have been famously less than accurate.
- vanusa 5y agoBut … how do you know? Because some people who are really smart and who work really, really hard on this topic (we call them "climate scientists") have done the work and are pretty confident of their results. Plus it's already starting to happen. Let’s face it, your truth is based on faith No it's not. If you want to, do some reading on the subject. It's pretty easy to find good stuff to read, actually. Or if you want to just keep reading stuff that confirms what you want to believe, that's fine, too. I really don't care. Climate models and predictions have been famously less than accurate. We can't predict with perfect accuracy, of course. But we can predict with a pretty high degree of assurance -- just like you can predict the arrival of an oncoming truck, once it gets close enough. And when it approaches within a certain distance, and is moving fast enough - you better damn sure get out of the way. In terms of climate change, we are already at that point.
- kcplate 5y agoInteresting. You use words like: “Pretty confident” “Can’t predict with perfect accuracy” “High degree of assurance” Yet, you are dogmatic in your assertion that it is true. Sounds an awful lot like faith to me.
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