World Now Likely to Hit Watershed 1.5 °C Rise in Next 5 Years

Re:World Now Likely to Hit Watershed 1.5 °C Rise in Next 5 Y... by crisdux on Thursday May 27, 2021 @02:08PM (#27306179)

I don't feel hopeless because I understand that we are being manipulated by these apocalyptic predictions. They will not pan out. Really diving into the projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, RCP4.5 and RCP6.0 are the most likely of the scenarios. This news headline isn't really "news." We basically knew we had already reached this point. Everyone keeps focuses on the high-emissions scenario, which is unlikely.

The arctic methane emission doomsday has already been debunked. https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063719007

Climate change caused by co2 is an important problem to solve, but it is not the end of civilization.

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Re:World Now Likely to Hit Watershed 1.5 °C Rise in Next 5 Y... by ganzuul on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:22PM (#27307888)

"They will not pan out."

Have you looked at the history of the climate on this planet? - It will wipe us out by a fluke.

We need to control the climate for our own survival and we better start sooner than later.

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Re:World Now Likely to Hit Watershed 1.5 °C Rise in Next 5 Y... by throwawayboise on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:31PM (#27307137)

Yes it's telling that the people who are spreading all the worst of the climate FUD are the same people who want to provide the solutions or be in power. Fear is always an effective strategy to push political change. That's a big part of what is going on here.

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