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> reduce economic activity. Even if we stopped all carbon emissions today the earth would continue to warm for centuries. Mitigating these effects is going to
by dmm 3y ago
> reduce economic activity.
Even if we stopped all carbon emissions today the earth would continue to warm for centuries. Mitigating these effects is going to take carbon capture(aka unburning oil) and geoengineering on an immense scale which won't be possible without economic growth. There's no going back.
- femiagbabiaka 3y agoFalse dichotomy either way -- in reality we will do nothing until the pain becomes unbearable.
- dmm 3y agoReducing economic activity seems incompatible with significant carbon capture.
- sumek83 3y agowe have a choice to reduce economic activity in the controlled or uncontrolled way. sadly it seems we have to have tons of unrepairable electronics replaced every year and downfall of the civilization or it's "communism" aka ultimate evil
- gisely 3y agoNot according to climate scientists. As explained here, mostly believe the warming stop shortly after emissions do: https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-will-global-warming-stop-as-soon-as-net-zero-emissions-are-reached/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-will-global-warming-st... More importantly, the sooner we can stop carbon emissions the less severe warming and ecosystem harm we'll experience. Carbon capture may help a bit if we are able to massively scale it up, but there really is not substitute for ending emissions.
- dmm 3y agoThanks for the link. I'll take a look at it.
- cudgy 3y agoIt’s also possible that our attempts to mitigate the natural effects could cause unknown consequences that backfire on us.