Good example of the catastrophizing mode that is the official line on climate change. Another truth is: 1. Some places will become unlivable 2. Some new places will become very comfy 3. There's a lot of money to be made moving wealthy people from A to Bhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/climate/heatwave-weather-hot.html …
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Scaring people has proven to be a useful tool in generating the political will for something big enough to create profit incentives for solutions. The $3.5T infra bill would've been unthinkable a few years ago without the moralizing. It certainly speaks to younger voters.
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Let's maybe hold the champagne on that bill until it's written, and passes.
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Gigaton-scale carbon capture solutions exist, and both abiotic and diatom-based approaches desalinate agricultural quantities of water as a byproduct. Until the climate discussion includes those solutions, we're merely talking about the fire instead of turning on the hoses
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do you have references here? would really like to read this.
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~94 people died in Quebec's 2018 heat wave. https://climatedata.ca/case-study/extreme-heat-waves-in-quebec/ … Quebec! Alaska's permafrost is melting, and heat is causing ice quakes https://news.yahoo.com/alaskas-extreme-heatwave-just-triggered-191748348.html … Are there really any places that will become very comfy?
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I love our famous Polish optimism! ;)
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I would point out that even advanced cancer patients are typically advised to stop smoking since it would likely help patient feel better longer. If imminently terminal perhaps not, but hopefully the planet is not ‘terminal’, which I think is your point as well.
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