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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by mhb on Thursday November 02, 2017 @07:05PM (#15615182)
Why does anyone care whether it's caused by humans? If we knew an asteroid was going to hit the earth, it wouldn't matter that humans didn't cause it.
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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by RightMillennial on Thursday November 02, 2017 @07:50PM (#15615450)
The reason it matters whether it's caused by humans is: mitigation. If global warming is significantly affected by our release of massive amounts of CO2, we could theoretically help mitigate the issue by stopping, and possibly reverse it. If on the other hand the rise of CO2 levels is not a significant factor, then there goes our primary idea to solving the issue.
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Re:Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Hum... by mhb on Friday November 03, 2017 @07:27AM (#15618276)
That has nothing to do with who caused it.
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