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Consider that Earth had way higher carbon levels during hothouse periods like the Carboniferous. In the limit, then, "there is no hope" anyway since it's a natu
by shrimp_emoji 2y ago
Consider that Earth had way higher carbon levels during hothouse periods like the Carboniferous. In the limit, then, "there is no hope" anyway since it's a natural cycle. We are leaving a recent ice age and are due for another hothouse phase anyway. We either cope or we die, as a species. I'm really confident we'll cope. I predict that the only thing that'll end us is ourselves, not with carbon emissions but with bioweapons.
- triceratops 2y agoIt took geological timescales to get into the higher carbon level eras. > In the limit, then, "there is no hope" anyway since it's a natural cycle If it was merely a natural cycle we'd have much better odds of adapting because we'd have thousands of years. > We either cope or we die, as a species No doubt we'll need to adapt. Reducing carbon emissions and developing useful carbon capture improves the chances that large numbers of people don't die.