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Of course humans have a significant effect on climate change - the steelman versions of why that doesn’t matter are: 1) It doesn’t matter because we will figure
by czzr 1y ago
Of course humans have a significant effect on climate change - the steelman versions of why that doesn’t matter are: 1) It doesn’t matter because we will figure out some technological solution in the future. Or 2) it doesn’t matter since I personally will be ok (because I am rich and/or live in a rich country that can afford to pay the costs)
- morkalork 1y ago(1) feels like a red herring when powers that be are fighting tooth and nail against solutions we have today
- tim333 1y agoI'm of the view climate change is real but not as big a deal as some people make out. A couple of reasons: - Solar power has been growing exponentially for years and will continue for a while allowing carbon usage to be phased out and maybe carbon capture done. - The climate has changed naturally more than most people realise and life goes on. The sea is forecast to rise 60cm or so over this century but has risen ~120m over the last 20k years which was hardly noticed. (graph from wikipedia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Post-Gla...)
- czzr 1y agoOn point 2 - notice how flat your graph is for the last 6k years? Also, why do you think the impact of past changes on a tiny group of humans living as hunter gatherers is of any relevance to 8 billion people living in the modern world (including, for example, in massive coastal cities?)
- tim333 1y agoIf hunter gathers could deal with change maybe modern people with all our tech can too?