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I figure we've had enough examples of well-meant interventions that lead to worse outcomes to be really conservative about "just change the ecosystem and heat/s
by EdwardDiego 3y ago
I figure we've had enough examples of well-meant interventions that lead to worse outcomes to be really conservative about "just change the ecosystem and heat/salinity circulation patterns of two large bodies of water, what's the worst that could happen?"
- joshuanapoli 3y agoWe should be able to extrapolate from the large-scale reservoirs that have already been built. The proposed reservoirs would be 10x larger, so there would undoubtedly be learnings. But we would probably build such projects in stages, so that the project could be stopped or altered if the effect is negative.
- throwaway173738 3y agoYou’re assuming linearity and arguing that all things are equal. I would be surprised if either of those things are true.
- brutusborn 3y agoWe _are_ being conservative. As the article mentions, these kind of projects have been proposed and studied for half a century now, and despite all the predicted benefits we haven’t event built a single one!