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the notion that humans could affect earth this much is laughable. we could smother the surface with nuclear explosions and the world would repair itself as an
by tokipin 19y ago
the notion that humans could affect earth this much is laughable. we could smother the surface with nuclear explosions and the world would repair itself as an organism, never mind something as negligible as human CO2 emissions
- bct 19y agoSure, Earth would recover. It would be pretty bad for humanity in general, and you and I in specific, though.
- tokipin 19y agoyea, that's in the nuclear case. in the relevant case of human CO2 emissions, nothing is likely to happen. earth is an immensely stable self-repairing system
- bct 19y agoAgain, nobody's claiming that the planet is going to have trouble with global warming. We humans have invested a lot into current climate patterns though, and the transition will be unpleasant.
- tokipin 19y agoi'm saying there won't be any transition caused by us i do like the benefits of seeking efficiency. the sorts of technology that will arise when efficiency is economically supported (for example, by artificial markets a la kyoto or california's propositions) ie by necessity, should be impressive. for that reason i like the global warming movement and hope it continues so long as it has as a corollary a drive for efficiency