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Re:Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN f... by larsnystrom on Thursday September 22, 2022 @07:06AM (#32937258)
You're absolutely right, the planet is in no danger. It's us humans that are in danger. We are polluting at a rate far too great for us humans to handle, and if we want to survive as a species we must do something about that.
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Re:Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN f... by s1artibartfast on Thursday September 22, 2022 @08:41AM (#32938040)
Even that is gross hyperbole. Humans as species could survive even the most disastrous predictions, rendering entire continents uninhabited.

The top level post is correct. It is a matter of minimizing suffering.

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Re:Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN f... by ehnto on Thursday September 22, 2022 @10:38AM (#32939392)
Which will have to be through remediation... I never said the world was coming to an end. I said we aren't likely to stop polluting, so we should get really good at remediating what we will have wrought.
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Re:Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN f... by s1artibartfast on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:57AM (#32940754)
Sure, it would be a good idea to do something. I'm just calling out "if we want to survive as a species we must do something about that“ as hyperbolic. This is a point made in thread you are responding in
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