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The parent did not say "we know there is no way back now, there is only doom ahead." They said "every step on our current trajectory could represent a threshol
by wwweston 3y ago
The parent did not say "we know there is no way back now, there is only doom ahead."
They said "every step on our current trajectory could represent a threshold triggering processes past which there is no return", and while it's left implied, the implication is that maybe we should consider stopping our current trajectory an emergency, much in the same way that someone who realizes they're as yet intact within a minefield might stop blithely strolling along even if the next step is only a marginal risk, not a guarantee of disaster.
- ospray 3y agoEvery time I read that the methane is melting faster than expected I start wondering if the clathrate gun will blow after all and we really will be doomed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrate_gun_hypothesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrate_gun_hypothesis
- airstrike 3y ago> While it may be important on the millennial timescales,[5][6] it is no longer considered relevant for the near future climate change: the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report states "It is very unlikely that gas clathrates (mostly methane) in deeper terrestrial permafrost and subsea clathrates will lead to a detectable departure from the emissions trajectory during this century".