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Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by nr2x on Saturday June 26, 2021 @05:46PM (#27646206)
At current rates of carbon outlay, there won’t be much of a world left to save in 100 years.
Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by kortilla on Saturday June 26, 2021 @11:27PM (#27648292)
That statement isn’t backed by science
Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by nr2x on Sunday June 27, 2021 @09:23PM (#27657130)
“We are currently on track for a rise of between 6.3° and 13.3°F, with a high probability of an increase of 9.4°F by 2100”

https://www.climatecentral.org/news/ipcc-predictions-then-ve...

Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by pkdpic_y9k on Saturday June 26, 2021 @06:27PM (#27646536)
Not unless we all work our asses off! Engineers can do anything :^)
Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by matmatmatmat on Saturday June 26, 2021 @06:49PM (#27646733)
... except politics, engineers are usually not very good at politics, and climate change is, in large part, a political problem.
Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by pkdpic_y9k on Saturday June 26, 2021 @07:21PM (#27646934)
again, I love me some doom trolling but only if it helps motivate work, and if software engineers can build platforms that undermine democracy I gotta believe its at least possible they can undermine bad politics too
Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by ben_w on Sunday June 27, 2021 @04:31AM (#27649707)
Yes, but what we can do is try to invent things which are better then the status quo in terms of both money and the environment — if people use those inventions for purely selfish reasons, they’re still helping the world.
Re:CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating b... by dantheman on Saturday June 26, 2021 @07:40PM (#27647061)
It's a technology problem unless you want condemn most of the world to an incredibly low standard of living.