3 ms·

The temperature and co2 levels have been much higher in the past. The earth has been much more tropical as well as an ice world. Humans can adapt to change quit

The temperature and co2 levels have been much higher in the past. The earth has been much more tropical as well as an ice world. Humans can adapt to change quite effectively - we did invent air conditioning, as well as the land of The Netherlands which is reclaimed and existing beneath sea level. What is the greatest tragedy is how much worry and anxiety climate change causes. The earth is not a thinking thing - “Mother Nature” is not a being. The planet will exist and doesn’t care about humans. A century after the last human lives nature will swallow up almost everything we built. Earth exists for humans because we live here and make it so. We will adapt to whatever climate exists.

giantrobot 4y ago
> The temperature and co2 levels have been much higher in the past. The earth has been much more tropical as well as an ice world. Humans can adapt to change quite effectively It doesn't matter what Earth was like at some point in the distant past. There weren't 8 billion humans living on it. It's not easy or cheap to move cities with populations in the millions because sea level rise puts them below water. Humans can adapt to climate change but it's very likely to be very painful and very expensive.
- seibelj 4y ago
  Yes but acting like 99% of humanity is going to die is irrational, illogical, not true in any reality, and scares the shit out of people. It’s tragic that doomers have made people think that has any chance of happening.
  - ClumsyPilot 4y ago
    It definately could happen if major nations compete for ever-shinking habitable land or water and trigger a nuclear war. Do you expect that several hundred million people who's previous land of habitation is now unable to support human life will just lie down and die peacefully?
andrekandre 4y ago
> We will adapt to whatever climate exists. i dont know what to say except that a lot of people will have to unnecessarily suffer because of that inaction... [0] also, air conditioning and the netherlands are ways to deal with existing nature, global warming on the other hand is entirely man-made and compunding [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/world/asia/india-extreme-heat-wave.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/world/asia/india-extreme-...

giantrobot 4y ago

> The temperature and co2 levels have been much higher in the past. The earth has been much more tropical as well as an ice world. Humans can adapt to change quite effectively It doesn't matter what Earth was like at some point in the distant past. There weren't 8 billion humans living on it. It's not easy or cheap to move cities with populations in the millions because sea level rise puts them below water. Humans can adapt to climate change but it's very likely to be very painful and very expensive.

seibelj 4y ago
Yes but acting like 99% of humanity is going to die is irrational, illogical, not true in any reality, and scares the shit out of people. It’s tragic that doomers have made people think that has any chance of happening.
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago
  It definately could happen if major nations compete for ever-shinking habitable land or water and trigger a nuclear war. Do you expect that several hundred million people who's previous land of habitation is now unable to support human life will just lie down and die peacefully?

andrekandre 4y ago

> We will adapt to whatever climate exists. i dont know what to say except that a lot of people will have to unnecessarily suffer because of that inaction... [0] also, air conditioning and the netherlands are ways to deal with existing nature, global warming on the other hand is entirely man-made and compunding [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/world/asia/india-extreme-heat-wave.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/world/asia/india-extreme-...