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Re:2023 was earth's warmest September In 174 year record by nerdponx on Sunday October 15, 2023 @10:30AM (#37890064)
> sooner or later natural variation will doom us.

Correct, but we have managed to convert "later" to "significantly sooner".

The fact that eventually the climate would have changed unfavorably anyway at some unknown point in the future is no reason to be comfortable with humans inducing an unfavorable change right now. That's like saying there's no point in getting an oil change because the car engine is going to wear out eventually anyway. or like saying you might as well smoke and drink as much as you want because everyone dies at some point.

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Re:2023 was earth's warmest September In 174 year record by RandomLensman on Sunday October 15, 2023 @11:12AM (#37890404)
I am saying we already on a path not in the catastrophic collapse space and we need and will be able to handle things, because we need to for far more problematic things in the future anyway.
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