The human body is already close to thermal limits in many regions

Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by smolder on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:42AM (#20554484)

Based on the expectation that humans can't possibly, at this scale, organize themselves around good ideas like reducing consumption and fossil fuel use, we have no options at all and we're on a trajectory to extinction. If that seems extreme to say, just look at the evidence. Believing some other solution will appear is blind faith bordering on delusion.

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Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by dfilppi on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:45AM (#20555108)

Well we had a good run.

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Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by bouncycastle on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:13AM (#20554778)

> we're on a trajectory to extinction

Let them carry on. Perhaps our exction will be exactly what saves the planet! Our archeological records will serve only as a warning for whatever "intelligent" life evolves in the future ;-)

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Re:The human body is already close to thermal limits in many... by Johnny555 on Monday July 29, 2019 @01:04PM (#20556799)

Not sure why this was voted down, it's true, extinction (or mass population reduction) of humans will go a long way towards letting the planet restore its biodiversity.

It seems like a flippant attitude, but it seems to be the way many people are treating climate change (probably because the worst effects won't hit for decades, when many of the people responsible (i.e. voters) will be dead.)

We're leaving an unsustainable mess for our children, I'd like to see some action in their lawsuit:

https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/juliana-v-us

Since they are the ones that will be paying the full price of climate change.

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