The oceans have broken temperature records every day over the past year

Re:The oceans have broken temperature records every day over... by piva00 on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @07:31AM (#40296780)

There could be as much as there couldn't be one. Betting on a black swan event like a yet unborn baby that will become the Tesla/Edison/Newton/Einstein/Mozart of climate engineering to solve an issue that will destroy the fabric of modern society while taking a lot of Earth's life in the process is just stupid.

Wishful thinking won't take us anywhere, we need to work with the reality we have right now not with extraordinary potential saviours might provide if they ever exist...

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Re:The oceans have broken temperature records every day over... by silverquiet on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @07:38AM (#40296830)

I feel like that would actually be a white swan event. But yes, to me it essentially sounds like an alcoholic with a failing liver saying they can keep drinking because someone is going to invent a cure for cirrhosis any day now.

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Re:The oceans have broken temperature records every day over... by gadders on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @11:18AM (#40299082)

You should have children because having children is the most amazing thing a person can do.

I was just making the point that people aren't necessarily a net detriment. If people honestly believed that you'd see mass suicides as well.

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