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I'm not sure I understand how filling a constrained space with a exhaust gas is at all similar. I'm not saying that there is no measurable impact. I am saying I
by nickphx 4y ago
I'm not sure I understand how filling a constrained space with a exhaust gas is at all similar. I'm not saying that there is no measurable impact. I am saying I doubt there's a long lasting impact beyond a few thousand years.
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoIf we stopped emitting carbon dioxide perhaps things would equalize in a few thousand years. But we’re still emitting carbon and the changes we’re most concerned about are those in 100 years. Those changes will lead to permanent destruction of various human constructed environments, major changes to weather patterns that devastate regions that have been farming for millennia, and the complete extinction of certain animal species. Whether or not the climate would balance out a few thousand years from now is really not the major concern of climate scientists, it’s what’s going to happen to our world a lifetime from now.
- ako 4y agoThe earth’s atmosphere is also a constrained space.
- Sakos 4y ago> I am saying I doubt there's a long lasting impact beyond a few thousand years. Sorry, what? If we make our environment uninhabitable for us, even "temporarily", it'll take FAR less than a few thousand years to wipe out our species, or even just most of it. It'll also take at least a multiple of that time for that environment to recover, if it's even possible to recover in any way useful to us without our direct intervention. We've only been at the industrialized stage for a bit over 100 years and we're already at a point where we're facing unimaginable upheaval and suffering for hundreds of millions of people. I don't understand how you or anybody else can make arguments like this in good faith.