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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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