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But your atmospheric concentration can vary. We could get back to the same atmospheric concentration of CO2 as it was when the oldest oil was laid down, but tha
by ktizo 14y ago
But your atmospheric concentration can vary. We could get back to the same atmospheric concentration of CO2 as it was when the oldest oil was laid down, but that doesn't mean we would like it. The earth itself would probably be fine though, and on a long enough timeline it might give a chance to some giant intelligent spiders, or something.
- sneak 14y ago> The earth itself would probably be fine though I giggle at your ethnocentrism and hubris.
- ktizo 14y agoWhy, thank you. If I can manage to be ethnocentric and hubristic, while simultaneously putting forward the idea that we are unimportant on a long timescale and that giant intelligent spiders might eventually be the dominant form, then I must be doing especially well, even by the exceptional standards of our particular group of apes.
- sneak 14y agoIt was the "probably". :)
- ktizo 14y agoI'm not ruling out giant marauding space worms that get attracted to the CO2 enriched atmosphere and end up breaking down the entire crust into sterile lumps no bigger than a tortoise, before then leaving for fresh new planets to scour of all life. Not over that sort of timescale anyway. Over that sort of timescale, 'probably' is all we've really got.