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It seems like there is a dogmatic, myopic focus on merely reducing emissions to "solve climate change", based on a completely hypothetical notion that we can co
by trustscientism 5y ago
It seems like there is a dogmatic, myopic focus on merely reducing emissions to "solve climate change", based on a completely hypothetical notion that we can control the weather like a thermostat.
We would do well to have a more broad conversation about sustainability, resiliency, and adaptability for the inevitable reality that the climate is going to change drastically no matter what.
The planet has been averaging "civilization ending" climatological catastrophies about once every 10,000 years for the past ~160,000 years or more from a variety of different causes; the last one being around 12,000 years ago...