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There's also the fact that many of those predictions were made with, in mind, the world as it was at the time. The truth is we have made great advances in reduc
by cafeinux 4y ago
There's also the fact that many of those predictions were made with, in mind, the world as it was at the time. The truth is we have made great advances in reducing our CO² emissions, among other things, and have thus set back Doomsday. There's still a lot of work to do, but it just means that there's hope, and that we should not end our efforts just because "we are doomed anyway". Just as we shall all die one day, there's no reason to not try to take care of our bodies and lives.
- Fricken 4y agoWe haven't made any advances in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Total global CO2 emissions have to be going down for that to be the case. We'll be hitting a new record this year.
- TchoBeer 4y agoI vaguely remember a report from, I think it was the 90s? Where it predicted what would happen if CO2 emissions grew exponentially (no reduction in growth), linearly (reduction in growth), or stopped (complete cessation of growth). And because of CO2 reduction agreements we got to linear instead of exponential growth. I'll find the exact report and outcome I'm thinking of, but we can be hitting a new record this year and also it's not as bad as it could have been. Edit: it was a report by James Hansen in 1988.