Re:SpaceX Plans Facility Expansion at Kennedy Space Center
by Robotbeat on Sunday June 10, 2018 @12:41AM
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That’s not true. We knew about the warming effect of CO2 since 1897 or earlier and over 100 years ago, we knew that continual burning of coal and other fossil fuels would cause considerable warming.
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Re:SpaceX Plans Facility Expansion at Kennedy Space Center
by buvanshak on Sunday June 10, 2018 @02:20AM
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>we knew that continual burning of coal and other fossil fuels would cause considerable warming.
Wrong. We didn't know that. We hoped the co2 will be cleaned up by the mechanisms already in place, and we thought the effect would only be temporary. Just like we think the holes caused by the rockets are temporary now, and will not have any cascading effects.
Incredibly short sighted and We have learned nothing from history if we continue to reason like this.
Re:SpaceX Plans Facility Expansion at Kennedy Space Center
by Robotbeat on Sunday June 10, 2018 @09:02AM
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Yeah, we did know:
https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/coals-link-to-...