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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I won’t deny climate change, but it’s doubtful we can stop it. All we can do is cope.[/quote] I’m a climate scientist and basically I agree. Today’s emissions will continue heating the Earth until deep ocean circulation takes up the excess, which takes something like 300 years. Our window for avoiding major disruption ended some years ago. That said there’s a good argument for not making a bad situation worse. For example, rapid emissions of methane from the Arctic or the sea floor could produce shot term warming much more catastrophic than what is forecast by the IPCC. But ultimately I’ve come around to believing adaptation and suffering are the two routes to the future. Wealthy jurisdictions will adapt by building sea walls, having air conditioning, and buying agricultural products from less-affected areas. Poor countries will experience starvation and heat deaths. And we’ll just shrug and get used to it.[/quote]
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