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1. lopis ◴[] No.44462074[source]
Of course the climate is ok for the planet. The planet is a huge rock. What on Earth is your point?
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2. nokeya ◴[] No.44462118[source]
My point is we have to adapt, whether we like it or not.
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3. verisimi ◴[] No.44462119[source]
I think the point would be if the climate changes radically on the planet regardless of humans, why do we think these changes are driven by humanity? Perhaps the point is also what is bad about the warming that is being measured? Ie, if change is inevitable, warming rather than cooling could be more beneficial.
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4. nokeya ◴[] No.44462165[source]
Thank you for explaining my thoughts clearer than I was able to do. Exactly.
5. chneu ◴[] No.44462202[source]
And the other point is we shouldn't have to adapt as fast as we're having to.

We still don't have to. We could change our consumption in a few years and still avoid a lot of this. But we won't

6. lopis ◴[] No.44462470[source]
Species are rarely capable of adapting this fast to environment changes, and the point is we are bringing this fast change upon us ourselves.
7. arp242 ◴[] No.44462559[source]
Well, yes. No one ever said anything else?

It's just that this adapting will be a colossal waste of time, resources, and life. Better not to.

8. BlueTemplar ◴[] No.44466505[source]
We've lived with cooling already. For most of our current Quaternary Ice Age (that we evolved in), it was cooler most of the time.

Ending it, and we're in much less charted waters. We might revert the Earth to its normal hot climate, but this is one where mammals do not thrive, potentially do not even survive, except at the poles.