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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:53AM (#31641243)
> keeping all else equal

The reasonable pushback against this is per se isn't a realistic assumption in a system as dynamic as our biosphere.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by suture on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:01AM (#31641370)
Oh definitely. But it seems to me that it is obvious that increases in CO2 on a massive, rapid scale will necessitate climatic changes (not necessarily bad) as the system finds a new equilibrium. This may in turn cause massive disruptions to human societies.

Note that there are many seemingly obvious things that are false so I could be wrong.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by native_samples on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:32AM (#31641770)
"This may in turn cause massive disruptions to human societies."

The word "may" is doing a lot of work here. Lots of things may cause massive disruptions to human society. One thing we can say with certainty: the mitigation efforts being proposed to reduce CO2 levels will cause massive disruptions to human society.

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