What 3°C of global warming looks like

Re:What 3°C of global warming looks like by RandomLensman on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:06PM (#29071416)

What that really means is that people will try geoengineering to reduce the temperature, absorb CO2, or block sunlight. No sure why this is always assumed to not happen.

This will come with its own risks, but at the time in future when this is done, the risk-reward characteristics might not be so bad.

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Re:What 3°C of global warming looks like by esarbe on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:18PM (#29071603)

Yeah, that's what I'm really afraid off. By the time the shit hits the fan, everyone will be so desperate, they will try everything.

I'm pretty sure that kind of techo-utopian fantasy is part of the reason why people are so reluctant to face the problem we have. To think that there will be some Deus Ex Machina that saves us all, without us having to actually do the hards things is just too tempting.

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Re:What 3°C of global warming looks like by VintageCool on Monday November 01, 2021 @06:38PM (#29074194)

I think that we will just mentally adjust and adapt to the suffering.

If people in Bangladesh are losing their farms to flooding because of global warming, then voters in Kansas will simply... not care.

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Re:What 3°C of global warming looks like by inkywatcher on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:24PM (#29072572)

It is absolutely taken as a given, especially in discussions involving people who might make money from such projects.

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