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> the most recent IPCC report basically says, "We're fucked, its gonna happen now no matter what." More precisely, that climate change is going to happen no ma
by pdonis 5y ago
> the most recent IPCC report basically says, "We're fucked, its gonna happen now no matter what."
More precisely, that climate change is going to happen no matter what. Yes, that's true.
But the report does not say we cannot adapt to climate change. It only says we can't stop it from happening. We should be thinking about how to adapt--which is just the large scale equivalent of you wearing a seat belt, looking both ways before crossing the street, etc., to adapt to the fact that there are whackos out there who don't drive carefully.
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoWhile you're not wrong regarding adaption, to quote a fictional chaostician: "If there's one thing the history of evolution has taught us, it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories, and crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh, well, there it is." That change is going to probably hurt a lot more than looking left or right.
- pdonis 5y ago> That change is going to probably hurt a lot more than looking left or right. It would hurt less if we'd spent the last couple of decades thinking and talking about adaptation, and taking steps in that direction, instead of wringing our hands. Or, for that matter, if more coastal cities and nations had acted like the Netherlands, who have been managing sea level rise for more than four centuries now (an excellent example of what adaptation can accomplish), instead of like, for example, the city of Miami, which has had drainage issues for decades and has done nothing about them.