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I personally don't see how humans would not be affecting the climate. But, I highly doubt the accuracy of many models and predictions at this point. The best I
by mythrwy 4y ago
I personally don't see how humans would not be affecting the climate. But, I highly doubt the accuracy of many models and predictions at this point. The best I can say is "I don't really know the sum outcome of our activities and doubt the experts really do either". Just my opinion, please don't go on ideological holy war, that isn't the point.
Here is what I'm pretty confident about.
A whole lot of people around the world are transitioning to modern energy intensive economies at a time when we have already picked a lot of the low hanging fruit in regards to fossil fuels, minerals and water from aquifers.
So what happens? Do we really think 1998 USA levels of living is globally sustainable for the population? How are we going to handle this challenge?
Looked at through this lens, a lot of activities of governments (including proclamations of climate change and various military/intelligence campaigns) start to make a lot more sense.
- thfuran 4y ago>But, I highly doubt the accuracy of many models and predictions at this point Why?
- tsol 4y agoIf we can figure out mass nuclear power and efficient ocean desalination, then why couldn't everyone get to have energy intensive economies? I don't think they'll all look like America today-- but that's because we have others make our things cheaply and that won't always be an option in this scenario.
- mythrwy 4y agoYa I do think we figure it out eventually. But what you mention isn't as cheap as drilling some holes and sucking fluid out. Timing is the issue. Conflicts over scarce resources is the history of the human race it seems.
- JPLeRouzic 4y ago> If we can figure out mass nuclear power equals IMO to more waste (I do not mean nuclear waste, but that also indeed) > If we can figure out ... efficient ocean desalination It will create mass pollution of brine, enough to render oceans hostile to life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination#Outflow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination#Outflow